About the Authors

Rabia Hussain

rabia.hussain@aku.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Ambreen Ansari

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Najeeha Talat

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Zahra Hasan

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Ghaffar Dawood

Affiliation Masoomeen Trust Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH AA. Performed the experiments: AA NT. Analyzed the data: RH AA NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD ZH. Wrote the paper: RH. Characterization of household contacts of tuberculosis patients: GD.