Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis diagnosis and strain typing--present status and future developments.
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.
Sohal
J S
JS
Microbiology Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Mathura 281 122 , India.
Singh
S V
SV
Subhodh
Swati
S
Singh
A V
AV
Singh
P K
PK
Sheoran
Neelam
N
Sandhu
Komal
K
Narayansamy
K
K
Maitra
A
A
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