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Generation and screening of a comprehensive Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis transposon mutant bank.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Rathnaiah Govardhan, Lamont Elise A, Harris N Beth, Fenton Robert J, Zinniel Denise K, Liu Xiaofei, Sotos Josh, Feng Zhengyu, Livneh-Kol Ayala, Shpigel Nahum Y, Czuprynski Charles J, Sreevatsan Srinand, Barletta Raúl G
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiologic agent of Johne's Disease in ruminants. This enteritis has significant economic impact and worldwide distribution. Vaccination is one of the most cost effective infectious disease control measures. Unfortunately, current vaccines reduce clinical disease and shedding, but are of limited efficacy and do not provide long-term protective immunity....
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