Biochemical and Epidemiological Analysis of MAP : Biochemical and epidemiological analysis of MAP and investigation of its relationship to Crohn's disease in humans

ISBN-13: 9783846555248 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 252 str.

Jacinta Uzoigwe; Gregory Cook; Margaret Khaitsa

Opis

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine in humans, with no known cause. Although Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), the etiologic agent in Johne's disease has been purported to play an etiologic role in Crohn's disease, this causal link is still under debate. In the present study, MAP was analyzed by utilization of biochemical and epidemiological methods and a relationship was found between MAP and Crohn's disease in humans.

O autorze

Dr Jacinta Uzoigwe received her B.Sc degree in Applied Microbiology from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria in 1995, and her medical degree (M.B.B.S) from Abia State University, Nigeria in 2001. She received her M.S degree in Environ. Sci. from UNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA in 2004 and her Ph.D degree in Biochemistry from NDSU, Fargo, ND, USA in 2011.