About the Authors

Sabin Bhuju

Contributed equally to this work with: Sabin Bhuju, Elihu Aranday-Cortes

Affiliations Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Lionex Diagnostics Ltd, Braunschweig, Germany

Elihu Aranday-Cortes

Contributed equally to this work with: Sabin Bhuju, Elihu Aranday-Cortes

Affiliation Department of Bovine Tuberculosis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos

Affiliation Department of Bovine Tuberculosis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Zhou Xing

Affiliation McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mahavir Singh

Affiliations Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Lionex Diagnostics Ltd, Braunschweig, Germany

H. Martin Vordermeier

martin.vordermeier@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk

Affiliation Department of Bovine Tuberculosis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BVR MS HMV ZX. Performed the experiments: SB EAC BVR. Analyzed the data: SB EAC BVR HMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZX. Wrote the paper: SB EAC BVR HMV.