About the Authors
- Sandy S. Roh
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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
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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
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Gyeongsang, Republic of Korea
- Laura E. Via
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Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, LCID, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- Clifton E. Barry III
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Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, LCID, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- David Alland
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Soumitesh Chakravorty
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* E-mail: 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.