About the Authors

Mary Henry

mxh068@student.bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Population Science and Humanities, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Noêmi GalAn

Affiliation Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Katherine Teasdale

Affiliation Population Science and Humanities, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Renata Prado

Affiliation Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Harpreet Amar

Affiliation Population Science and Humanities, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Marina S. Rays

Affiliation Faculdade de Medicina de Marilia (FAMEMA), Marilia, São Paulo, Brazil

Lesley Roberts

Affiliation Population Science and Humanities, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Pedro Siqueira

Affiliation Centro Referencia em Tuberculose e Hanseniase, Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Gilles de Wildt

Affiliation Population Science and Humanities, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Marcos Virmond

Affiliation Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Pranab K. Das

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, School of Infection and Immunity, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH KT HA GdW LR MV PKD. Performed the experiments: MH NG MSR KT HA MV RP PS. Analyzed the data: MH LR PKD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH MV NG PS PKD. Wrote the paper: MH PKD LR GdW NG RP.