About the Authors

Catherine Riou

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Blas Perez Peixoto

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis and the TB Research Unit (TBRU), Public Health Research Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Lindi Roberts

Affiliation Division of Medical Virology, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Katharina Ronacher

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation (DST/NRF) Center of Excellence for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Gerhard Walzl

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation (DST/NRF) Center of Excellence for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Claudia Manca

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis and the TB Research Unit (TBRU), Public Health Research Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Roxana Rustomjee

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Unit - Clinical and Biomedical, Medical Research Council, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Thuli Mthiyane

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Unit - Clinical and Biomedical, Medical Research Council, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Dorothy Fallows

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis and the TB Research Unit (TBRU), Public Health Research Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Clive M. Gray

Contributed equally to this work with: Clive M. Gray, Gilla Kaplan

clive.gray@uct.ac.za

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Gilla Kaplan

Contributed equally to this work with: Clive M. Gray, Gilla Kaplan

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis and the TB Research Unit (TBRU), Public Health Research Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Clive Gray is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DF CG GK. Performed the experiments: BPP CM. Analyzed the data: CR LR KR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR TM. Wrote the paper: CR LR GW CG GK.