Mycobacterium avium
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MAC (Mycobacterium avium Complex), Mycobacterium avium Complex
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bacterium causing tuberculosis in domestic fowl and other birds; in pigs, it may cause localized and sometimes disseminated disease; the organism occurs occasionally in sheep and cattle; it should be distinguished from the M. avium complex, which infects primarily humans.
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- A PE protein expressed by Mycobacterium avium is an effective T-cell immunogen.
- Viable Mycobacterium avium is required for the majority of human immunodeficiency virus-induced upregulation in monocytoid cells.
- paratuberculosis; Johne's disease This bibliography of references on Johne's Disease Mycobacterium avium is compiled from the AGRICOLA database.
- Mycobacterium avium is a ubiquitous, saprophytic, acid-fast, aerobic bacillus that is widely distributed in the environment, especially in water and soil.
- 445-452,May 1991 1991 Japanese Society for Immunology research-article Susceptibility to infection with Mycobacterium avium is paradoxically correlated with increased synthesis of specific anti-bacterial antibodies Paula Ferreira, Raquel Soares1, Mrio Arala-Chaves and A.
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