Fig. 3.

Paratuberculosis specific immunological and microbiological variables according to progression risk. OD ELISA= Optical density in paratuberculosis specific ELISA. UFC = colony forming units in tissue culture. OD IFN = Optical density in the MAP-specific interferon gamma release assay. Note the increased OD values for anti-MAP specific antibodies detection by ELISA and MAP colonies isolation between PATIN and LOWIN infection risk groups. LOWIN: Apparently free EP form risk or low infection progression risk; LATIN: Latent EP form risk or latent infection progression risk; PATIN: Patent EP form risk or infection progression high risk; AVERIN: SNP combinations that did not fit into any of the other risk groups.