Paratuberculosis: a potential zoonosis?
Available literature on the controversial role of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis as an etiologic agent in human Crohn's disease is reviewed. Despite almost 15 years of investigation, the question of causal or consequential association between Johne's disease and Crohn's disease continues to linger.
Chiodini
R J
RJ
International Association for Paratuberculosis, Inc., Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA.
Rossiter
C A
CA
D000818:Animals; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses