About the Authors
- Ramon A. Juste
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* E-mail: rjuste@neiker.net
Affiliation Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario (NEIKER-Tecnalia), Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
- Natalia Elguezabal
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario (NEIKER-Tecnalia), Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
- Joseba M. Garrido
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario (NEIKER-Tecnalia), Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
- Andres Pavon
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Affiliation Fundacion INBIOMED, San Sebastian, Spain
- Maria V. Geijo
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario (NEIKER-Tecnalia), Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
- Iker Sevilla
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario (NEIKER-Tecnalia), Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
- Jose-Luis Cabriada
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Affiliation Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de Galdakao, Galdakao, Spain
- Angel Tejada
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Affiliation Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Clínica Quirón Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
- Francisco García-Campos
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Affiliation Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Roberto Casado
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Affiliation Fundacion INBIOMED, San Sebastian, Spain
- Itziar Ochotorena
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Affiliation Fundacion INBIOMED, San Sebastian, Spain
- Ander Izeta
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Affiliation Fundacion INBIOMED, San Sebastian, Spain
- Robert J. Greenstein
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
RAJ. is President of the International Paratuberculosis Association. He has had expenses paid by a company for giving a conference, attending a meeting and making an expert report for registration of a vaccine against paratuberculosis. NEIKER has received funding for a study on the efficacy of paratuberculosis vaccination in cattle. RAJ, NEL, JGA, MVG and ISE are involved with a small company that is an spin-off of NEIKER in a project for the development of an improved vaccine for paratuberculosis. RJG has submitted patents on some of the hypotheses addressed in this and prior manuscripts. There are no potential conflicts of interest for the other authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RG RJ JG IO. Performed the experiments: NE JG AP MG IS RC AI. Analyzed the data: RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NE AP MG JC AT FG RC AI. Wrote the paper: RG.