About the Authors

Jason M. Lempp

Current address: Qualis Health, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Affiliations Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Margan J. Zajdowicz

Current address: Medical Corps, United States Navy, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

Affiliation Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Medical Corps, United States Navy, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States of America

Arlene L. Hankinson

Current address: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.

Affiliation Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Medical Corps, United States Navy, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States of America

Sean R. Toney

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lisa W. Keep

Current address: Medical Corps, United States Army, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Medical Corps, United States Army, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James D. Mancuso

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Medical Corps, United States Army, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gerald H. Mazurek

gym6@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Cellestis Ltd. provided some antigens, technical assistance, and ELISA kits for this and other studies conducted by CDC, USN, and the U.S. Army in which some authors were involved. The authors have no other individual competing interests to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MJZ GHM. Data curation: GHM. Formal analysis: JML MJZ ALH LWK JDM GHM. Funding acquisition: MJZ GHM. Investigation: MJZ ALH SRT GHM. Methodology: MJZ GHM. Project administration: MJZ GHM. Supervision: MJZ GHM. Validation: MJZ GHM ALH SRT. Visualization: JML. Writing – original draft: JML GHM. Writing – review & editing: JML MJZ ALH SRT LWK JDM GHM.