About the Authors

Edward C. Jones-López

edward.jones@bmc.org

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Soyeon Kim

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Geisa Fregona

Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas (NDI), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil

Patricia Marques-Rodrigues

Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas (NDI), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil

David Jamil Hadad

Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas (NDI), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil

Lucilia Pereira Dutra Molina

Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas (NDI), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil

Solange Vinhas

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, UFES, Vitória, Brazil

Nancy Reilly

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Stephanie Moine

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Soumitesh Chakravorty

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Mary Gaeddert

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, UFES, Vitória, Brazil

Padmini Salgame

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Moises Palaci

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, UFES, Vitória, Brazil

David Alland

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Jerrold J. Ellner

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Reynaldo Dietze

Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas (NDI), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECJL RRR PS MP DA JJE RD. Wrote the paper: ECJL SK GF PMR DJH LPDM SV NR SM SC MG RRR PS MP DA JJE RD. Acquisition of data: ECJL GF PMR DJH LPDM RRR SV NR SM MG MP RD. Analysis and interpretation: ECJL SK SC MG RRR PS MP DA JJE RD. Gave final approval: ECJL SK GF PMR DJH LPDM SV NR SM SC MG RRR PS MP DA JJE RD.