About the Authors

Pieter Uys

Contributed equally to this work with: Pieter Uys, Hilmarie Brand

pieter@edserve.co.za

Affiliations SACEMA, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research / MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Hilmarie Brand

Contributed equally to this work with: Pieter Uys, Hilmarie Brand

Affiliation SACEMA, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Robin Warren

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research / MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Gian van der Spuy

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research / MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Eileen G. Hoal

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research / MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Paul D van Helden

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research / MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW PvH PU. Performed the experiments: RW GvdS PvH. Analyzed the data: PU HB GvdS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PU HB RW GvdS PvH. Wrote the paper: PU HB EGH.