About the Authors

Subhadra Nandakumar

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sunil Kannanganat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James E. Posey

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rama Rao Amara

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Suraj B. Sable

SSable@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN SK SBS. Performed the experiments: SN SK SBS. Analyzed the data: SN SK SBS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEP RRA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SN JEP SBS.