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Respiratory assessment followed a tiered protocol: daily symptom screening and pulse oximetry for all patients; chest radiography and point-of-care lung ultrasound as indicated; and chest CT for severe or atypical presentations. Symptom structure was evaluated using EBICglasso network analysis. Predictors of severe dengue were examined with logistic regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pulmonary symptoms occurred in 31.3% (46\/147), most frequently lower respiratory infection (28.6%), cough (25.9%), and chest distress (15.0%). Symptoms resolved quickly with supportive care (median 7 days, IQR 6\u20139), with no residual pulmonary sequelae at discharge. Network analysis identified a cohesive respiratory cluster with regularized partial correlations of 0.19\u20130.23, indicating robust conditional associations among pulmonary symptoms within the overall clinical spectrum. In regression models, thrombocytopenia (Adjusted Odds Ratio, AOR 3.06, 95% CI 1.05\u20139.03) and hepatic hypofunction (AOR 3.82, 95% CI 1.00\u201313.61) were independently associated with severe dengue; coexisting lower respiratory infection was associated with severity in univariate analysis (Odds Ratio, OR 2.91, 95% CI 1.05\u20138.07). Sex-specific patterns emerged: females more often had weakness, leukopenia, headache, and hypokalemia, whereas males had higher rates of hyperuricemia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this genotype I DENV-4 cohort, lower-respiratory manifestations were common, formed a coherent symptom network, and showed signals of association with severity. 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