Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis diagnosis and strain typing--present status and future developments.

Sohal, J S; Singh, S V; Subhodh, Swati; Singh, A V; Singh, P K; Sheoran, Neelam; Sandhu, Komal; Narayansamy, K; Maitra, A

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis diagnosis and strain typing--present status and future developments.

Date

2007-10-24

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Abstract

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiological agent of paratuberculosis, a chronic gastroenteritis of ruminants and has zoonotic importance. We present here a review of MAP with respect to--(i) present diagnostic techniques and important developments; and (ii) MAP strain-typing tools. A summary of the findings to date is presented, and advantages and disadvantages of each of the methods are compared and discussed.

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Sohal JS, Singh SV, Subhodh S, Singh AV, Singh PK, Sheoran N, Sandhu K, Narayansamy K, Maitra A. Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis diagnosis and strain typing--present status and future developments. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 2007 Oct; 45(10): 843-52