"There are many...pulmonary type III reactions that bear names related to the occupation...such as pigeon breeder's disease, cheese washer's disease, bagassosis (bagasse refers to sugarcane fiber), mapke bark stripper's disease, paprika worker's disease, and the increasingly rare thatched roof worker's lung." -Immunology: A Short Course, 4th ed. Benjamini, Coico, and Sunshine. 2000.
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