About the Authors
- Bijaya Malla
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Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- David Stucki
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Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Sonia Borrell
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Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Julia Feldmann
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Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Bhagwan Maharjan
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Affiliation German Nepal Tuberculosis Project, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Bhawana Shrestha
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Affiliation German Nepal Tuberculosis Project, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Lukas Fenner
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Contributed equally to this work with: Lukas Fenner, Sebastien Gagneux
* E-mail: lfenner@ispm.unibe.ch (LF); Sebastien.Gagneux@unibas.ch (SG)
Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Sebastien Gagneux
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Contributed equally to this work with: Lukas Fenner, Sebastien Gagneux
* E-mail: lfenner@ispm.unibe.ch (LF); Sebastien.Gagneux@unibas.ch (SG)
Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Competing Interests
Sebastien Gagneux is an editorial member of PLOS ONE. 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: B. Malla SG. Performed the experiments: B. Malla DS SB JF. Analyzed the data: B. Malla DS SB LF SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: B. Malla DS JF B. Maharjan BS LF SG. Wrote the paper: B. Malla DS SB JF B. Maharjan BS LF SG. Met the criteria of the ICMJE and approved the final version of the manuscript: B. Malla DS SB JF B. Maharjan BS LF SG.