Analysis of publications on paratuberculosis from 1995 to 2009 with emphasis on the period from 2005 to 2009

The importance of paratuberculosis, an infectious bowel disease of ruminants, and Crohnʹs disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease in humans with suspected links with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, is evident from the steadily increasing number of publications on these topics. Data from the Web of Science databases were analysed by authors, institutions, countries and funding agencies, involved in research. A summary of the descriptive data for the most frequently cited publications are presented here