Microbiology: An Introduction
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Chapter 16, Problem 1CAE
People with Rhinovirus infections of the nose and throat have an 80-fold increase in kinins and no increase in histamine. What do YOU expect for rhinoviral symptoms? What disease is caused by rhinoviruses?
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