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Common cold may send some young children to the hospital
02-21-2007 · EurekAlert!New evidence supports the link between a cause of the common cold and more severe respiratory infections such as pneumonia and acute bronchitis. The study is published in the March 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online.
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