About the Authors

Alice L. den Hertog

a.d.hertog@kit.nl

Affiliation Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), KIT Biomedical Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

María Montero-Martín

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Rachel L. Saunders

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Matthew Blakiston

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sandra Menting

Affiliation Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), KIT Biomedical Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jeevan B. Sherchand

Affiliation Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Lovett Lawson

Affiliation Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria

Olanrewaju Oladimeji

Affiliation Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria

Saddiq T. Abdurrahman

Affiliation Abuja Federal Capital Territory Tuberculosis Control Programme, Abuja, Nigeria

Luis E. Cuevas

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard M. Anthony

Affiliation Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), KIT Biomedical Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALDH MMM RLS MB JBS LL OO STA LEC RMA. Performed the experiments: ALDH MMM RLS MB. Analyzed the data: ALDH MMM RLS MB LEC RMA. Wrote the paper: ALDH MMM RLS MB SM JBS LL OO STA LEC RMA. Specimen collection: MMM RLS MB JBS LL OO STA LEC. Submissions for ethical approval prepared: MMM RLS JBS STA.