About the Authors

Christian Lienhardt

lienhardtc@who.int

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Programme Tuberculose, Dakar, Senegal

Katherine Fielding

Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Abdoul A. Hane

Affiliation Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Fann, Dakar, Senegal

Aliou Niang

Affiliation Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Fann, Dakar, Senegal

Cheikh T. Ndao

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Programme Tuberculose, Dakar, Senegal

Farba Karam

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie–Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

Helen Fletcher

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM), University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Fatou Mbow

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Programme Tuberculose, Dakar, Senegal

Jules-François Gomis

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Programme Tuberculose, Dakar, Senegal

Roger Diadhiou

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie–Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

Maxime Toupane

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie–Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

Tandakha Dieye

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie–Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

Souleymane Mboup

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie–Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL. Performed the experiments: CL AAH AN CTN FK HAF FM RD MT TD SM. Analyzed the data: CL KF JFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL FK HAF RD MT TD SM. Wrote the paper: CL KF AAH AN CTN FK HAF FM JFG SM.