9th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis.
The abstracts from the Ninth International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis (9ICP), which I attended in Tsukuba, Japan, have been published online.
As with previous ICP, the number of papers presented on the relationship between Crohn’s Disease and Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis has grown, as knowledge of this complex organism and its potential to cause disease in humans, has grown.
The list of 9ICP presentations in the “Public Health” segment of the Colloquium are listed here
http://www.paratuberculosis.org/pubs/proc9/section6.htm
As acceptance of the relationship between MAP and CD grows, related papers are now being presented outside of the dedicated “Public Health” segment. The following paper discusses how the pathogenetic mechanisms of paratuberculosis in Johnes Disease and Crohn’s Disease can be compared in order to increase understanding of both; it was presented in the “Pathogenesis and Immunology” segment.
Role of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease
http://www.paratuberculosis.org/pubs/proc9/abst4a.htm
Also of interest is the growing evidence that Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis may be a cause of Type-1 diabetes.
Association of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis with Type-1 diabetes, a possible trigger
http://www.paratuberculosis.org/pubs/proc9/abst181f_o3.htm
Paratuberculosis and Type I Diabetes -Mapping the TRIGR-
http://www.paratuberculosis.org/pubs/proc8/abst3b_o20.htm