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Why is the common cold rarely considered a lower respiratory tract infection?
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- 1Antibodies prevent it from entering the lungs.
- 2Rhinoviruses predominantly replicate at the cooler temperatures of the upper respiratory tract.✓
- 3It requires a vector for lower tract transmission.
- 4The virus is destroyed in the alveoli.
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Rhinoviruses predominantly replicate at the cooler temperatures of the upper respiratory tract.
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