About the Authors
- Lifan Zhang
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Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Peking Union Medical College, International Clinical Epidemiology Network, Beijing, China
- Yueqiu Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Xiaochun Shi
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Yao Zhang
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Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Peking Union Medical College, International Clinical Epidemiology Network, Beijing, China
- Guohua Deng
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Ajit Lalvani
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Xiaoqing Liu
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* E-mail: liuxqpumch@126.com
Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Peking Union Medical College, International Clinical Epidemiology Network, Beijing, China
Competing Interests
Professor Lalvani is inventor for patents underpinning T cell-based diagnosis. The ESAT-6/CFP-10 IFN-gamma ELISpot assay was commercialised by an Oxford University spin-out company (T-SPOT.TB®, Oxford Immunotec Ltd, Abingdon, UK) in which the University of Oxford and Professor Lalvani have minority shares of equity and royalty entitlements.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XL. Performed the experiments: LZ XL YZ XS. Analyzed the data: LZ XL YZ. Wrote the paper: LZ YZ XL. Managed clinical information and diagnosis: XL XS GD. Discussed and revised the manuscript: AL.