About the Authors

Hans de Ronde

Affiliation KIT Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Paula González Alonso

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dick van Soolingen

Affiliation Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Paul R. Klatser

Affiliation KIT Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Richard M. Anthony

r.anthony@kit.nl

Affiliation KIT Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

KIT Biomedical Research received travel support and initial access to the Luminex technology at reduced cost from Luminex Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMA HdR. Performed the experiments: PGA HdR. Analyzed the data: RMA HdR PGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DvS. Wrote the paper: RMA PGA DvS PRK.