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<i>Mycobacterium avium</i>subsp.<i>paratuberculosis</i>in an Italian Cohort of Type 1 Diabetes Pediatric Patients
1 Jan 2012
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiological agent of Johne's disease in ruminants. Recent studies have linked MAP to type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the Sardinian population. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of MAP infection in a T1D cohort from continental Italy compared with healthy control subjects. 247 T1D subjects and 110 healthy controls were tested for the presence...
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