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Europe is grappling with another wave of pertussis, an infectious lung disease, which this time has found its epicenter in Croatia. This warning reached us on Tuesday through the newspaper "Jutarnji list," highlighting a significant increase in the number of cases in the region. Pertussis, characterized by paroxysmal, "barking" cough in children and chronic cough in adults, spreads through airborne droplets, often in family or communal living conditions.