title: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis diagnosis and strain typing--present status and future developments.
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.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Mathura 281 122 , India.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sohal
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Subhodh
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sheoran
authors.forename: Komal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narayansamy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maitra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology