About the Authors

Imad Cherkaoui

Contributed equally to this work with: Imad Cherkaoui, Radia Sabouni

Affiliation Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco

Radia Sabouni

Contributed equally to this work with: Imad Cherkaoui, Radia Sabouni

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco

Iraqi Ghali

Affiliation Moulay Youssef University Hospital, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco

Darya Kizub

Affiliation University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alexander C. Billioux

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kenza Bennani

Affiliation National TB Control Program, Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco

Jamal Eddine Bourkadi

Affiliation Moulay Youssef University Hospital, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco

Abderrahmane Benmamoun

Affiliation National TB Control Program, Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco

Ouafae Lahlou

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco

Rajae El Aouad

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco

Kelly E. Dooley

kdooley1@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM RS IG KB JEB REA KED. Performed the experiments: RS IG DK OL REA KED. Analyzed the data: IC RS DK ACB KED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IC RS DK OL. Wrote the paper: IC RS IG DK ACB KB JEB AB OL REA KED.