About the Authors

Becky L. Rivoire

brivoire@alumni.colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Nathan A. Groathouse

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Stephen TerLouw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Kapil Dev Neupane

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chaman Ranjit

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bishwa Raj Sapkota

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Saraswoti Khadge

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chatra B. Kunwar

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Murdo Macdonald

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rachel Hawksworth

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Min B. Thapa

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Deanna A. Hagge

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Melinda Tibbals

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Carol Smith

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Tina Dube

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Dewei She

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Mark Wolff

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Eric Zhou

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mamodikoe Makhene

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robin Mason

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christine Sizemore

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Patrick J. Brennan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: The EMMES Corporation served as the Data Coordinating Center for these studies. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS NTDs policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLR ST KDN MMac RH MT CSm MW MMak RM CSi PJB. Performed the experiments: BLR NAG ST KDN CR BRS SK CBK MMac RH MBT DAH MT CSm TD DS MW EZ. Analyzed the data: BLR ST DAH MT CSm TD DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLR RH MW EZ RM CSi PJB. Wrote the paper: BLR PJB. Regulatory control: EZ RM.