Association between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis DNA in blood and cellular and humoral immune response in inflammatory bowel disease patients and controls
Author(s) -
Ramón A. Juste,
Natalia Elguezabal,
Andrés Pavón,
Joseba M. Garrido,
Mariví Geijó,
Iker A. Sevilla,
José Luis Cabriada,
Ángel Morales-Martínez de Tejada,
Francisco García-Campos,
Roberto Casado,
Itziar Ochotorena,
Ander Izeta
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.034
Subject(s) - paratuberculosis , inflammatory bowel disease , immune system , immunology , etiology , antigen , disease , antibody , mycobacterium , crohn's disease , biology , medicine , pathology , tuberculosis
Similarities between human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and ruminant paratuberculosis have fueled a heated discussion on the role of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in the etiology of IBD.
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