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Curiosities: New cold likely to be caused by unfamiliar virus

Q: Is it possible to catch the same cold more than once?

A: Probably not the exact same cold, says Jonathan Temte, an associate professor of family medicine at UW-Madison. “With an infection, you will mount an immune response that is specific to that particular strain, but the common cold is usually caused by a rhinovirus, and well over 100 rhinovirus strains affect people.”