About the Authors
- Shanta Achanta
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* E-mail: AchantaS@rntcp.org
Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in India, New Delhi, India
- Jyoti Jaju
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Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in India, New Delhi, India
- Ajay M. V. Kumar
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Affiliation Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Sharath Burugina Nagaraja
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Affiliations World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in India, New Delhi, India, Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao
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Affiliation State TB Cell, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India
- Sasidhar Kumar Bandi
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Affiliation District TB Centre, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India
- Ashok Kumar
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Affiliation Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Srinath Satyanarayana
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Affiliation International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
- Anthony David Harries
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Affiliation International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), Paris, France
- Sreenivas Achutan Nair
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Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in India, New Delhi, India
- Puneet K. Dewan
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Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in India, New Delhi, India
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SA JJ SBN AMK PKD. Performed the experiments: SA JJ SKB. Analyzed the data: AMK SA JJ SBN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA JJ AMK SBN ADH SAN. Wrote the paper: SA SBN AK. Provided comments and input to revise manuscript: SBN JJ SRMS AMK SS PKD ADH SAN.