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- Psittacosis - parrot fever
People who have birds as pets, poultry workers and anyone working in aviaries or pet shops, are most at risk of catching psittacosis.
- Pleurisy
Treating any infection of the upper respiratory tract quickly will reduce the risk of developing pleurisy.
- Pneumonia
Anyone can get pneumonia, but young children and the elderly are most susceptible.
- Legionnaires' disease
Legionnaires' disease is a form of pneumonia.
- Chest infections
A chest infection affects your lungs, either in the larger airways (bronchitis) or in the smaller air sacs (pneumonia).
- Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis is a common chest infection in babies under 6 months of age
- Whooping cough – a family’s experience (video)
A family shares their experience when their baby daughter contracted whooping cough (or pertussis)
- Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB) is spread when a person with an active infection coughs, laughs, sings or sneezes.