Hayflick is also known for his discovery of the cause of primary atypical pneumonia ( walking pneumonia ) in humans.
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Initially " M . pneumoniae " was considered as a virus rather than a bacterium, when Eaton and colleagues cultured the causative agent of human primary atypical pneumonia ( PAP ) or " walking pneumonia ".
परिभाषा
an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults पर्याय: atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia,