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• The International Association for Paratuberculosis is a worldwide group of scientists, researchers, doctors, veterinarians, administrators and concerned individuals who are tackling the "Paratuberculosis Problem".
   
• Alan Kennedy maintains an extensive web site with information about the relationship between Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease.
   
• The most extensive web site about Johne's Disease is the Johne's Disease Information Center.   Dr. Michael Collins and Dr. Elizabeth Manning are responsible for the content of this informative and comprehensive site.  (Dr. Collins is a member of PARA's Advisory Council.)
   
• The Crohn's Disease Info Center is a website provided by Dr. Ira Shafran, a Gastroenterologist from Orlando, Florida.  We would encourage you to visit Dr. Shafran's site to learn about his practice and his research involving MAP and Crohn's disease.  (Dr. Shafran is a member of PARA's Advisory Council)
  
  
• A new DNA vaccine to both treat and prevent Crohn's disease is being developed in London, England. The research project is based at St. George's Hospital Medical School's Crohn's Research Group, and is being conducted by Professor John Hermon-Taylor, and Dr. Timothy Bull, (both members of  PARA's Advisory Council).
   
• Chronic Crohn's Campaign, a patient advocacy group in the UK founded by Tim and Sarah Page, has lobbied various governmental agencies with regard to MAP.   We applaud their efforts and would strongly urge residents of the UK to contact them.   For more information about them, visit our webpage MAP in the UK.
   
• MAP-Canada was founded in September 2001 by Diane and Michael Fagen.  Realizing that PARA of necessity is primarily focused on U.S. policies and actions since it is U.S. - based, these individuals purposed to create a sister organization in Canada to lobby Canadian officials and leaders on this issue.  We applaud their efforts and encourage residents of Canada to contact them.  For more information about them, visit our webpage MAP in Canada.

• University of Minnesota's Microbial Genome Project - The latest restuls of work to sequence the full genome of M. paratuberculosis
   
• Kids with IBD is a patient advocacy website devoted to the stories of children with IBD. Also, here is an alternative link to Kids With IBD. (The site address changes were necessary after the original Kids with IBD site was hijacked).