About the Authors

Ricardo Steffen

Affiliations Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro TB Scientific League, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dick Menzies

Affiliation Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Olivia Oxlade

Affiliation Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Marcia Pinto

Affiliation Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Analia Zuleika de Castro

Affiliation Rio de Janeiro TB Scientific League, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Paula Monteiro

Affiliations Rio de Janeiro TB Scientific League, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anete Trajman

atrajman@gmail.com

Affiliations Rio de Janeiro TB Scientific League, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM OO AT. Performed the experiments: RES AZdC PM AT. Analyzed the data: RES DM OO MFTP PM AT. Wrote the paper: RES DM OO AT. Reviewed the manuscript: AZdC.