Sequences specifcally deleted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome and their use in diagnosistics and as vaccines

摘要

The present invention is the identification of a nucleotide sequence which make it possible in particular to distinguish an infection resulting from Mycobacterium tuberculosis from an infection resulting from Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canetti, Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG. The subject of the present invention is also a method for detecting the sequences in question by the products of expression of these sequences and the kits for carrying out these methods. Finally, the subject of the present invention is novel vaccines.