About the Authors

Neeraj Raizada

drneerajraizada@gmail.com

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva

Affiliation Central TB Division, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Achuthan Sreenivas

Affiliation World Health Organization, India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Shubhangi Kulsange

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Radhey Shyam Gupta

Affiliation Central TB Division, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Rahul Thakur

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Puneet Dewan

Affiliation World Health Organization, India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Catharina Boehme

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

Chinnambedu Nainarappan Paramsivan

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The prior approval was obtained from the institution ethics committee for the study. NR, SK, RT, CB and CNP are employed by FIND, a non-profit organization that collaborates with industry partners, including Cepheid Inc., for the development and evaluation of new diagnostic tests. These partners with whom the authors have partnered have in no way contributed to the study and would not be benefited by the results of the study. As such this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials and there is no conflict of interest to the publication of this article. The primary study data would be made available in the supplementary table as required.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NR KSS AS CB CNP RT. Performed the experiments: NR SK. Analyzed the data: NR SK PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NR KSS AS. Wrote the paper: NR KSS AS SK RSG RT PD CB CNP.