About the Authors
- Philippe H. Lagrange
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* E-mail: plagrange@sfr.fr
Affiliation Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France
- Satheesh K. Thangaraj
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Affiliation BioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France and New Delhi, India
- Rajeshwar Dayal
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Affiliation SN Medical College, Agra, India
- Alaka Deshpande
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Affiliation Sir J.J. Group of Govt Hosp. & Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India
- Nirmal K. Ganguly
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Affiliation Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
- Enrico Girardi
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, L. Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
- Beenu Joshi
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Affiliation National JALMA Institute of Leprosy & Other Mycrobacterial Diseases, Agra, India
- Kiran Katoch
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Affiliation National JALMA Institute of Leprosy & Other Mycrobacterial Diseases, Agra, India
- Vishwa M. Katoch
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Affiliation National JALMA Institute of Leprosy & Other Mycrobacterial Diseases, Agra, India
- Manoj Kumar
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Affiliation All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- Vemu Lakshmi
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Affiliation Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
- Marc Leportier
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Affiliation BioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France and New Delhi, India
- Christophe Longuet
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Affiliation Fondation Mérieux, Lyon, France
- Subbalaxmi V. S. Malladi
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Affiliation Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
- Deepali Mukerjee
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Affiliation Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
- Deepthi Nair
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Affiliation Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
- Alamelu Raja
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (formerly Tuberculosis Research Center), Chetput, Chennai, India
- Balambal Raman
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (formerly Tuberculosis Research Center), Chetput, Chennai, India
- Camilla Rodrigues
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Affiliation Microbiology Section, P D Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Veer Savarkar Marg Mahim, Mumbai, India
- Pratibha Sharma
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Affiliation Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
- Amit Singh
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Affiliation SN Medical College, Agra, India
- Sarman Singh
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Affiliation All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- Archana Sodha
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Affiliation Microbiology Section, P D Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Veer Savarkar Marg Mahim, Mumbai, India
- Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer
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Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (formerly Tuberculosis Research Center), Chetput, Chennai, India
- Guy Vernet
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Affiliation Fondation Mérieux, Lyon, France
- Delia Goletti
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, L. Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: One co-author (ST) is an employee of BioMérieux and another co-author (ML) was an employee of BioMérieux when the study was designed and developed. One co-author (CL) is an employee of Fondation Mérieux which is the foundation of BioMérieux that supported the study. Another coauthor (GV) has since March 2012 been an employee of the Fondation Mérieux. In addition, DG is an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PHL DM NKG. Performed the experiments: BSAK A. Sodha BJ VK MK VL DN PS A. Singh AD SVSM CR AR BR. Analyzed the data: DG EG PHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML GV CL. Wrote the paper: PHL DG. Indian supervisor of the study: ST. Performed all the quality controls of the data: ST. Enrolled patients: AR CR A. Sodha RD BJ KK VK VL DN AD SMVS SS. Supervised the experiments: AR CR.