croup
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If infected, a "small but significant proportion" among the immunocompromised will develop more severe disease where the lungs are affected, with wheezing, breathlessness and symptoms of croup.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025
Her mother, Trista Hamsmith, took the toddler to the pediatrician, who suspected croup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2024
It causes up to 10% of human respiratory infections, mainly in children and immunocompromised people, with symptoms ranging from mild coughs and sniffles to bronchitis and croup.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
In November 2019, Toniann thought Lucy-Marie had croup until "this cough noise" disappeared.
From BBC ● May 3, 2022
My mother thinks that I was sick enough to have a croup tent set up.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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