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Comparative Study
. 1987 Aug;55(8):1932-5.
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

T M Shinnick, D Sweetser, J Thole, J van Embden, R A Young
Comparative Study

The etiologic agents of leprosy and tuberculosis share an immunoreactive protein antigen with the vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG

T M Shinnick et al. 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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