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. 1972 Feb;5(2):258–259. doi: 10.1128/iai.5.2.258-259.1972

Immunochemical Identification of a Defined Antigen of Mycobacterium leprae

Sergio Estrada-Parra 1
PMCID: PMC422357  PMID: 4117882

Abstract

An extract from purified Mycobacterium leprae precipitated with sera from patients with tuberculosis, mycetoma, and leprosy and gave a band of identity with polysaccharide I from Nocardia and Mycobacteria.

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