About the Authors

Deepak V. Almeida

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Paul J. Converse

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Si-Yang Li

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sandeep Tyagi

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Eric L. Nuermberger

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jacques H. Grosset

jgrosse4@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DVA PJC JHG. Performed the experiments: DVA PJC SL ST. Analyzed the data: DVA PJC ELN JHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DVA JHG. Wrote the paper: DVA JHG.