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SUBMITTER: Sechi LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4349160 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sechi Leonardo A LA Dow Coad Thomas CT
Frontiers in immunology 20150304
The factitive role of Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis (MAP) in Crohn's disease has been debated for more than a century. The controversy is due to the fact that Crohn's disease is so similar to a disease of MAP-infected ruminant animals, Johne's disease; and, though MAP can be readily detected in the infected ruminants, it is much more difficult to detect in humans. Molecular techniques that can detect MAP in pathologic Crohn's specimens as well as dedicated specialty labs successful in ...[more]