Association of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis with multiple sclerosis in Sardinian patients.

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection is highly spread in the ruminant herds of Sardinia, in the Western Mediterranean. The objective of this study was to investigate prevalence of MAP infection in association with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) using clinical specimen from patients a...

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Main Authors: Davide Cossu, Eleonora Cocco, Daniela Paccagnini, Speranza Masala, Niyaz Ahmed, Jessica Frau, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Leonardo A Sechi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21533236/?tool=EBI