About the Authors

James L. Gallant

jgallant@sun.ac.za

Affiliation DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SA MRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Albertus J. Viljoen

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FRE 3689, Centre d’études d’agents Pathogènes et Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Université de Montpellier, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier, France

Paul D. van Helden

Affiliation DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SA MRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Ian J. F. Wiid

Affiliation DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SA MRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG AV PVH IW. Performed the experiments: JG AV. Analyzed the data: JG AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PVH IW. Wrote the paper: JG AV PVH IW.