About the Authors

Martine G. Aabye

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Jesper Eugen-Olsen

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Anne Marie Werlinrud

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Line Lindebo Holm

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Tamara Tuuminen

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Pernille Ravn

Affiliations Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Morten Ruhwald

mruhwald@gmail.com

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Competing Interests

Copenhagen University Hospitals, Hvidovre hold the following pending and issued patents disclosing the use of IP-10 as a diagnostic marker for infection with M. tuberculosis: WO2011137902 (filed 04.05.2010), WO2007DK00399 (filed 05.09.2007). MGA, JEO, PR and MR are registered as inventors. This conflict of interest does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR MGA. Performed the experiments: MGA MR LLH. Analyzed the data: MR MGA LLH AMW JEO PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PR TT MR MGA. Wrote the paper: MR MGA.