About the Authors

Abdallah Mkopi

amkopi@ihi.or.tz

Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Nyagosya Range

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Fred Lwilla

Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Saidi Egwaga

Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Alexander Schulze

Affiliation Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, Basel, Switzerland

Eveline Geubbels

Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Frank van Leth

Affiliations KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands, Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM NR EG FvL. Performed the experiments: AM NR EG FvL. Analyzed the data: AM EG FvL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM EG FvL. Wrote the paper: AM. Commented on the manuscript: FL SE AS.