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Identification of seroreactive proteins in the culture filtrate antigen ofMycobacterium aviumssp.paratuberculosishuman isolates to sera from Crohn's disease patients
1 Oct 2009
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The etiology of Crohn's disease (CD) is unresolved, but it is likely that an interplay of host genetic factors and environmental triggers is relevant. Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (MAP) has been focused upon as one of these triggers because it causes a similar chronic inflammatory bowel disease in animals. However, the differences among MAP antigens isolated from humans (H-MAP) and cattle (B-MAP) have not been...
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