About the Authors

Neeraj Raizada

drneerajraizada@gmail.com

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

K. S. Sachdeva

Affiliation Central TB Division, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Achuthan Sreenivas

Affiliation World Health Organization, India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Bhavin Vadera

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

R. S. Gupta

Affiliation Central TB Division, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Malik Parmar

Affiliation World Health Organization, India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Shubhangi Kulsange

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Ameet Babre

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Rahul Thakur

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Christen Gray

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

Ranjani Ramachandran

Affiliation World Health Organization, India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Umesh Alavadi

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Mayank Ghedia

Affiliation World Health Organization, India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Balasangameshwara Vollepore

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Puneet Dewan

Affiliation World Health Organization, India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Catharina Boehme

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

C. N. Paramsivan

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: NR, BV, SK, AB, RT, CG, UA, BV, CB and CNP are am employed by FIND, a non-profit organization that collaborates with industry partners,including Cepheid Inc., for the development and evaluation of new diagnostic tests. However, this doesnot alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Further, none of the authors have any financial or market interest in the product being evaluated under the study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NR PD KSS AS RSG B. Vadera MP RT RR UA MG B. Vollepore CB CNP. Performed the experiments: NR B. Vadera SK AB. Analyzed the data: NR B. Vadera SK AB AS KSS CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NR AS KSS RSG. Wrote the paper: NR B. Vadera SK AS KSS CNP CB.