Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 21st, 2006
According to recently published research from England, "Free-living protists are ubiquitous in the environment and form a potential reservoir for the persistence of animal and human pathogens.
"Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the cause of Johne's disease, a systemic infection accompanied by chronic inflammation of the intestine that affects many animals, including primates. Most humans with Crohn's disease are infected with this chronic enteric pathogen."
"Subclinical infection with M....
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