Abstract:Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is a disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map). It is not yet fully understood how the agent, which has a broad host range and has developed various strategies to survive in inappropriate conditions, can survive. In this review; the early host defenses developing in Map infection, the strategies employed by the pathogen to avert these responses and how persistent infection has occured, in macrophages, has been expla… Show more
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