Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiologic agent of Johne's
disease in ruminants causing chronic diarrhea, malnutrition, and muscular wasting …

Abstract Purpose of Review Among the non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM),
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is the leading cause of pulmonary disease in …

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is responsible for paratuberculosis in
animals. This disease, leading to an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, has a high …

Vaccination can be an efficient method for the control of paratuberculosis in ruminants.
However, the official tuberculosis control tests cross-interfere with the animals vaccinated …

Current diagnostic methods for Johne's disease in cattle allow reliable detection of infections
with Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) not before animals are 2 years of …

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is a chronic, contagious, and
typically life-threatening enteric disease of ruminants caused by a bacterium of the genus …

Mycobacteria have a complex cell wall structure that includes many lipids; however, even
within a single subspecies of Mycobacterium avium these lipids can differ. Total lipids from …

Unlike other MAC members, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) does not
produce glycopeptidolipids (GPL) on the surface of the cell wall but a lipopentapeptide …

Despite its potential for early diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
(MAP) infection, the IFN-γ release assay is not used routinely, because of low specificity of …

Currently Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection is diagnosed
through indirect tests based on the immune response induced by the infection. The antigens …