About the Authors

Lisa Natoli

lisan@burnet.edu.au

Affiliations The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lisa Maher

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mark Shephard

Affiliation Flinders University International Centre for Point of-Care Testing, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Belinda Hengel

Affiliation Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Annie Tangey

Affiliation Ngaanyatjarra Health Service, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Steven G. Badman

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

James Ward

Affiliation Baker IDI, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Rebecca J. Guy

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

on behalf of the TTANGO Investigators

Competing Interests

No financial support was received by Cepheid. Cepheid has provided GeneXpert machines on loan for the duration of TTANGO. The declared competing interest does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN RG LM. Performed the experiments: LN. Analyzed the data: LN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG LM. Wrote the paper: LN RG LM MS BH AT. Additional technical, clinical and/or remote area expertise: MS AT BH JW SB.