About the Authors

Marina Tiemi Shio

Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Tiemi Shio, Jan Gregor Christian

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jan Gregor Christian

Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Tiemi Shio, Jan Gregor Christian

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill International Tuberculosis (TB) Centre and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jee Yong Jung

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Kwang-Poo Chang

Affiliation Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Martin Olivier

martin.olivier@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill International Tuberculosis (TB) Centre and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO MTS JGC. Performed the experiments: MTS JGC JYJ. Analyzed the data: MTS JGC MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO KPC. Wrote the paper: JGC MTS MO.