Comparative Study
doi: 10.1128/iai.55.8.1932-1935.1987.
The etiologic agents of leprosy and tuberculosis share an immunoreactive protein antigen with the vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG
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Comparative Study
The etiologic agents of leprosy and tuberculosis share an immunoreactive protein antigen with the vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG
Infect Immun.
1987 Aug.
Abstract
The amino acid sequences of the 65-kilodalton antigens of Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium bovis BCG display greater than 95% homology.
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