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croup

noun as in cough

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Lab tests with the hPIV-3 virus -- which causes bronchitis, pneumonia and croup -- showed 96% of the viruses were either ripped apart or damaged to the point where they could no longer replicate to cause infection.

In just 12 weeks, Elijah had developed tonsillitis, croup, respiratory syncytial virus, pneumonia, and an ear infection.

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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.

If we got bad sore throats, flu, croup or cough, he would make us “hot toddies.”

Michaela Stevens has complained about the treatment of her son Archie, who has suffered with croup - a common infection that affects children's airways from birth.

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