About the Authors

Xiaoqiu Liu

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

James J. Lewis

Affiliation MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Hui Zhang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Wei Lu

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Shun Zhang

‡ Author Shun Zhang was unable to confirm his authorship contributions. On his behalf, all other authors have reported his contributions to the best of their knowledge.

Affiliation Chongqing Provincial Tuberculosis Dispensary, Chongqing, Chongqing, China

Guilan Zheng

Affiliation Heilongjiang Provincial Tuberculosis Dispensary, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Liqiong Bai

Affiliation Hunan Provincial Tuberculosis Dispensary, Changsha, Hunan, China

Jun Li

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Xue Li

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Hongguang Chen

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Mingming Liu

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Rong Chen

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Junying Chi

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Jian Lu

Affiliation Dafeng County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dafeng, Jiangsu, China

Shitong Huan

Affiliation China Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Beijing, China

Shiming Cheng

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Lixia Wang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Shiwen Jiang

jiangsw@chinatb.org

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Daniel P. Chin

Affiliation China Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Beijing, China

Katherine L. Fielding

Affiliation MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL JJL HZ JL XLi SH SC LW SJ DPC KLF. Performed the experiments: XL HZ WL SZ GZ LB JL XLi HC JLu. Analyzed the data: XL JJL HZ JL XLi HC ML RC JC SH SC LW SJ DPC KLF. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: XL JJL DPC KLF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: XL JJL HZ WL SZ GZ LB JL XLi HC ML RC JC JLu SH SC LW SJ DPC KLF. Enrolled patients: WL SZ GZ LB JLu. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: XL JJL HZ WL SZ GZ LB JL XLi HC ML RC JC JLu SH SC LW SJ DPC KLF. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship. SZ was unable to confirm for himself and all other authors have confirmed on his behalf that he meets ICMJE authorship criteria.