<i style="">Mycobacterium avium</i> subspecies paratuberculosis diagnosis and strain typing—Present status and future developments

Abstract

<i style="">Mycobacterium avium </i>subspecies <i style="">paratuberculosis </i>(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.