About the Authors
- Tamaryn J. Cashmore
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tamaryn J. Cashmore, Jonathan G. Peter
Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, UCT Lung Institute and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Jonathan G. Peter
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tamaryn J. Cashmore, Jonathan G. Peter
Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, UCT Lung Institute and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Richard N. van Zyl-Smit
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, UCT Lung Institute and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Patricia L. Semple
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, UCT Lung Institute and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Alice Maredza
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, UCT Lung Institute and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Richard Meldau
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, UCT Lung Institute and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Alimuddin Zumla
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Infection, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom
- Barbara Nurse
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service/University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Keertan Dheda
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* E-mail: keertan.dheda@uct.ac.za
Affiliations Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, UCT Lung Institute and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Infection, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Dr Keertan Dheda is on one PLoS ONE editorial board. The authors have no further competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TJC JP AZ KD. Performed the experiments: TJC JP RM. Analyzed the data: TJC JP RvZS PLS KD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BN KD. Wrote the paper: TJC JP. Oversaw laboratory experiments: KD. Preparation of the manuscript: KD, RvZS, PLS, AM, BN. Assistance with statistics: RvZS, PLS. Assisted with laboratory experiments: RM. Supervision of laboratory services: BN.