About the Authors

Véronique Corbière

Affiliation Laboratory of Vaccinology and Mucosal Immunity, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) Brussels, Belgium

Gaelle Pottier

Affiliation Laboratory of Vaccinology and Mucosal Immunity, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) Brussels, Belgium

Florence Bonkain

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) Brussels, Belgium

Kinda Schepers

Affiliation Immunodeficiency Unit, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) Brussels, Belgium

Virginie Verscheure

Affiliation Laboratory of Vaccinology and Mucosal Immunity, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) Brussels, Belgium

Sophie Lecher

Affiliations INSERM, U1019, Lille, France, CNRS, UMR8204, Lille, France, Université de Lille Nord de France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

T. Mark Doherty

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis Immunology, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Camille Locht

Affiliations INSERM, U1019, Lille, France, CNRS, UMR8204, Lille, France, Université de Lille Nord de France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

Françoise Mascart

fmascart@ulb.ac.be

Affiliations Laboratory of Vaccinology and Mucosal Immunity, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) Brussels, Belgium, Immunobiology Clinic, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

Co-author, T Mark Doherty, is an editor of PlosOne and currently employed by Glaxosmithkline. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. All other authors declare no further conflicts. 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: FM. Performed the experiments: VC GP KS VV. Analyzed the data: VC FM CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL TMD. Wrote the paper: VC FM CL. In charge of the illustrating TB patient: FB KS.