About the Authors
- Lovett Lawson
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Affiliation Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
- Jian Zhang
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Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Michel K. Gomgnimbou
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Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Saddiq T. Abdurrahman
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Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Abuja, Nigeria
- Stéphanie Le Moullec
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Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Fatima Mohamed
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Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Gertrude N. Uzoewulu
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Affiliation Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria
- Olumide M. Sogaolu
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Affiliation University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Khye Seng Goh
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Affiliation Tuberculosis Laboratory Consultant, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
- Nnamdi Emenyonu
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Affiliation Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
- Guislaine Refrégier
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Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Luis E. Cuevas
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Christophe Sola
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* E-mail: christophe.sola@u-psud.fr
Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Competing Interests
All authors, except CS, declare to have no competing interests. CS is an Academic Editor of PLoS ONE.CS also acknowledges receiving travel grants for speaking or participation at Luminex meetings. He does not have stocks or shares, is not paid, employed or consultant, does not belong to the Board membership, does not hold Patent applications (pending or actual) or benefitted from Research grants from Luminex Corp. Austin, TX. 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: GR CS MKG JZ. Performed the experiments: JZ MKG SLM FM KSG NE. Analyzed the data: JZ MKG GR CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL STA GNU OMS. Wrote the paper: CS LEC LL. performed statistical analysis: GR. provided TB consultancy services: KSG.