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Clinical and immunological reactions to Aspergillus niger among workers at a biotechnology plant
1985
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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The workforce at a biotechnology plant producing citric acid by fermentation of molasses with a strain of Aspergillus niger was studied. A combination of a respiratory questionnaire and clinical assessment identified 18 subjects (4-9% of the workforce) with work related bronchospasm. In nine of these evidence of sensitisation to A niger was obtained by skin prick tests and radioallergosorbent test (RAST) using as an antigen an extract of the A
doi:10.1136/oem.42.5.312
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