About the Authors

Xichao Ou

Contributed equally to this work with: Xichao Ou, Qiang Li, Dan Su

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Qiang Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xichao Ou, Qiang Li, Dan Su

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Science and Education Department, Beijing Physical Examination Center, Beijing, P. R. China

Dan Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Xichao Ou, Qiang Li, Dan Su

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China

Hui Xia

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Shengfen Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Bing Zhao

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Yanlin Zhao

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

zhaoyl@chinacdc.cn

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

We have the following competing interests: Veredus Laboratories Pte Ltd provided support for this study in the form of VereMTB Detection Kit training, machine adjustment and maintenance. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.