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Farmer’s lung. Thermophilic actinomycetes as a source of “farmer’s lung hay” antigen.

Publication Details

Lancet, 2, 607-11. 1963 CE.

Pepys and five co-authors showed that thermophilic actinomycetes, especially Micropolyspora faeni, were the cause of farmer’s lung due to mouldy hay.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#3215.6
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4378
External URLfarmers-lung-thermophilic-actinomycetes-as-a-source-of-farmers-lung-hay-antigen