About the Authors

Sandy S. Roh

Contributed equally to this work with: Sandy S. Roh, Laura E. Smith

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Laura E. Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Sandy S. Roh, Laura E. Smith

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Jong Seok Lee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Gyeongsang, Republic of Korea

Laura E. Via

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, LCID, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Clifton E. Barry III

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, LCID, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

David Alland

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Soumitesh Chakravorty

chakraso@njms.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the authors, DA acknowledges that he is among a group of inventors who earn royalties from molecular beacon usage. However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC DA. Performed the experiments: SSR LES SC. Analyzed the data: SSR SC LES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSL LEV CB. Wrote the paper: SC LES DA SSR LEV.