Authorities also are watching for respiratory illnesses, such as the common cold, influenza and tuberculosis.
The vaccine contained a common cold virus loaded with copies of three HIV genes.
Merck chose adenovirus, a very serious common cold that can be defanged through genetic manipulation.
The adenovirus used to produce the compound is a relative of the common cold virus.
It can also be caused by chronic sinusitis, head trauma from an accident or the common cold.
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"I think they need to figure out if echinacea thwarts the common cold from coming on, " he says.
The acute conditions are usually caused by viruses such as the "common cold" virus or by common bacteria.
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Coronaviruses are a family of viruses ranging from the common cold to the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus.
Coronaviruses are a group of viruses ranging from the common cold to the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus.
Zinc has been shown to reduce the severity of the common cold in humans and possibly shorten its duration.
Their supposed uses range from echinacea to treat the common cold to saw palmetto for the symptoms of prostate enlargement.
"Any hot, sweet, tasty remedy will provide good relief from common cold symptoms, especially cough and sore throat, " he says.
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"While HSV-1 in adults can cause the common cold sore, HSV-1 infection in newborns is very serious, " a department statement says.
In this they resemble the three groups of coronaviruses already known to cause animal and human diseases, among them the common cold.
Having similar DNA to humans, gorillas are highly susceptible to illness, and even catching a common cold could wipe out an entire group.
There are still question about doctors giving antibiotics to patients with viral infections like the common cold - antibiotics do nothing against viruses.
In an e-mail exchange, I noted that higher-level Scientologists are supposed to be free of neuroses and allergies, and resistant to the common cold.
Voice changes also occur with viral and bacterial infection, like the common cold or flu, and are one of the characteristics of heavy smoking.
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NCoV, like the common cold, is also caused by a coronavirus.
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He said the treatment of people with genuine emergencies was being affected by those with little more than the common cold coming to emergency units.
But police are investigating allegations that Maddison, and others, were tricked into going to Porton with assurances that they were doing research into the common cold.
Before Produits du Sud began, southern Malians tapped the gum-producing trees only for traditional medicines to treat the common cold, sore eyes, or a stomach ache.
However, H1N1 turned out to be a very mild flu: many people experienced little more than a few days of sniffles, much like a common cold.
The men volunteered to be "guinea pigs" at the government research base Porton Down after being told scientists wanted to find a cure for the common cold.
The first patient in the study, a 46-year-old woman, took a common cold remedy for two days on top of her medication for migraine, depression and asthma.
Add in the various over-the-counter remedies for flatulence, constipation, diarrhoea, hay fever and the common cold, and the average American might seem to be a pill-popping hypochondriac.
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It's not uncommon for a patient to go to a doctor with a common cold and be sent home with five boxes of pills and an IV drip.
But antivirus drugs, aimed at viral, rather than bacterial, invaders--HIV, herpes, hepatitis, flu, the common cold--have been harder to come by because viruses are harder to outwit and tame.
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