Association of mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis with multiple sclerosis in sardinian patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cossu, Davide ^a   Cocco, Eleonora ^b   Paccagnini, Daniela ^a   Masala, Speranza ^a   Ahmed, Niyaz ^c,d   Frau, Jessica ^b   Marrosu, Maria Giovanna ^b   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79954615818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018482     Document Type: Article

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