About the Authors

Irazú Contreras

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and the McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Marina T. Shio

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and the McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Annabelle Cesaro

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Laval University, Québec, Quebec, Canada

Philippe A. Tessier

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Laval University, Québec, Quebec, Canada

Martin Olivier

martin.olivier@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and the McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IC MTS MO. Performed the experiments: IC MTS MO. Analyzed the data: IC MTS PAT MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAT MO. Wrote the paper: IC MTS PAT MO. Development of MRP KO mice: AC.