About the Authors

Subash Babu

sbabu@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations National Institutes of Health—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)-Frederick, National Cancer Institute (NCI)–Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Sajid Q. Bhat

Affiliation National Institutes of Health—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

N. Pavan Kumar

Affiliation National Institutes of Health—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

R. Anuradha

Affiliation National Institutes of Health—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

Paul Kumaran

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai, India

P. G. Gopi

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai, India

C. Kolappan

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai, India

V. Kumaraswami

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai, India

Thomas B. Nutman

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB VK TBN. Performed the experiments: SB SQB NPK RA. Analyzed the data: SB SQB NPK RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK PGG CK VK. Wrote the paper: SB TBN.