Mycobacterium Avium Paratuberculosis (MAP) is a bacteria in the Mycobacteriaceae family. The Mycobacteriaceae family includes the pathogenic bacteria that cause Tuberculosis and leprosy.

MAP was first isolated and described as the etiological agent of a chronic inflammatory enteric disease in cattle by Heinrich Albert Johne, a German veterinarian, in 1895 MAP infection in humans probably begins via the fecal oral route following consumption of contaminated milk, food or water.

Mycobacterium avium Paratuberculosis (MAP) Disease
Michael T. Collins, DVM, PhD, DACVM
Professor of Microbiology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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