AUTHOR=Kuenstner J. Todd , Naser Saleh , Chamberlin William , Borody Thomas , Graham David Y. , McNees Adrienne , Hermon-Taylor John , Hermon-Taylor Amy , Dow C. Thomas , Thayer Walter , Biesecker James , Collins Michael T. , Sechi Leonardo A. , Singh Shoor Vir , Zhang Peilin , Shafran Ira , Weg Stuart , Telega Grzegorz , Rothstein Robert , Oken Harry , Schimpff Stephen , Bach Horacio , Bull Tim , Grant Irene , Ellingson Jay , Dahmen Heinrich , Lipton Judith , Gupta Saurabh , Chaubey Kundan , Singh Manju , Agarwal Prabhat , Kumar Ashok , Misri Jyoti , Sohal Jagdip , Dhama Kuldeep , Hemati Zahra , Davis William , Hier Michael , Aitken John , Pierce Ellen , Parrish Nicole , Goldberg Neil , Kali Maher , Bendre Sachin , Agrawal Gaurav , Baldassano Robert , Linn Preston , Sweeney Raymond W. , Fecteau Marie , Hofstaedter Casey , Potula Raghava , Timofeeva Olga , Geier Steven , John Kuruvilla , Zayanni Najah , Malaty Hoda M. , Kahlenborn Christopher , Kravitz Amanda , Bulfon Adriano , Daskalopoulos George , Mitchell Hazel , Neilan Brett , Timms Verlaine , Cossu Davide , Mameli Giuseppe , Angermeier Paul , Jelic Tomislav , Goethe Ralph , Juste Ramon A. , Kuenstner Lauren TITLE=The Consensus from the Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) Conference 2017 JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=5 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00208 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2017.00208 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=

On March 24 and 25, 2017 researchers and clinicians from around the world met at Temple University in Philadelphia to discuss the current knowledge of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) and its relationship to human disease. The conference was held because of shared concern that MAP is a zoonotic bacterium that poses a threat not only to animal health but also human health. In order to further study this problem, the conferees discussed ways to improve MAP diagnostic tests and discussed potential future anti-MAP clinical trials. The conference proceedings may be viewed on the www.Humanpara.org website. A summary of the salient work in this field is followed by recommendations from a majority of the conferees.