About the Authors
- Soumya Swaminathan
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* E-mail: doctorsoumya@yahoo.com
Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Pradeep Aravindan Menon
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Narendran Gopalan
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Venkatesan Perumal
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Ramesh Kumar Santhanakrishnan
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Ranjani Ramachandran
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Sheik Iliayas
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Pooranaganga Devi Navaneethapandian
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Thiruvalluvan Elangovan
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
- Mai Tuyet Pho
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Fraser Wares
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Affiliation Office of the WHO Representative to India, Delhi, India
- Narayanan Paranji RamaIyengar
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, India
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS NPR. Performed the experiments: PAM NG RKS SI P. Chandrasekaran PDN. Analyzed the data: VP P. Chinnaiyan. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FW. Wrote the paper: SS NG MTP. Coordinated and supervised mycobacterial laboratory activities: RR. Consent process, counseling: TE.