About the Authors

Dzintars Gotham

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dzintarsgotham@gmail.com

Affiliation Independent Researcher, United Kingdom

Lindsay McKenna

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

Affiliation Treatment Action Group, New York, NY, United States of America

Stijn Deborggraeve

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières-Access Campaign, Geneva, Switzerland

Suraj Madoori

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Treatment Action Group, New York, NY, United States of America

David Branigan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Treatment Action Group, New York, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

DG received a research grant for this analysis from Treatment Action Group as an independent researcher. The funder (Treatment Action Group) provided support in the form of salaries for authors DB, LM, SM, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. SD is an employee of Médecins Sans Frontières. Treatment Action Group and Médecins Sans Frontières have long advocated for lowering the price of GeneXpert tests in low- and middle income countries. The authors declare no other competing interests.