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Johne's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.
Annual review of microbiology - 1 Jan 2004
Chacon Ofelia, Bermudez Luiz E, Barletta Raúl G
Abstract excerpt
Johne's disease is a chronic diarrhea affecting all ruminants. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), a slowly growing mycobacteria, is the etiologic agent. There is also a concern that MAP might be a causative agent of some cases of inflammatory bowel disease in humans, especially Crohn's disease. Food products including pasteurized bovine milk have been suggested as potential sources of human...
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