High prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis ('Indian bison type') in animal attendants suffering from gastrointestinal complaints who work with goat herds endemic for Johne's disease in India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Singh, A V ^a   Singh, S V ^a   Singh, P K ^a   Sohal, J S ^a   Singh, M K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON GOATS   (India)

Author keywords

Animal attendants; Crohn's disease; Culture; Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GOAT; HERD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80053234230     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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