NEETBiologyHuman Health and DiseasesMCQ+4 / −1
Common cold is not cured by antibiotics
because it is :
- Acaused by a Gram-positive bacterium
- Bcaused by a Gram-negative bacterium
- Cnot an infectious disease
- Dcaused by a virus
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Correct answer: D
Common cold is due to rhinovirus. Recent studies found that antibiotics do not kill this virus.
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