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

Shinnick T M, Sweetser D, Thole J, et al. Infection and immunity. 1987; 55 (8) : 1932-5.
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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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Shinnick T M
Sweetser D
Thole J
Embden J
Young R A

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