Patent 6991797 was granted and assigned to Statens Serum Institut on January, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention is based on the identification and characterization of a number of novel M. tuberculosis derived proteins and protein fragments. The invention is directed to the polypeptides and immunologically active fragments thereof, the genes encoding them, immunological compositions such as vaccines and skin test reagents containing the polypeptides.