About the Authors

Rita Székely

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

Bianca Sossen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Madalo Mukoka

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Public Health Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Pathology, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

Monde Muyoyeta

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Elizabeth Nakabugo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Jerry Hella

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Hung Van Nguyen

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Lung Hospital, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Sasiwimol Ubolyam

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre and Centre of Excellence in Tuberculosis, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Kinuyo Chikamatsu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan

Aurélien Macé

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

Marcia Vermeulen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Chad M. Centner

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town and National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Sarah Nyangu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Nsala Sanjase

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Mohamed Sasamalo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Huong Thi Dinh

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Lung Hospital, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

The Anh Ngo

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viet Tiep Hospital, Hai Phong, Viet Nam

Weerawat Manosuthi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Supunnee Jirajariyavej

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Taksin Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Satoshi Mitarai

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan

Nhung Viet Nguyen

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Lung Hospital, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Anchalee Avihingsanon

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre and Centre of Excellence in Tuberculosis, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Klaus Reither

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Lydia Nakiyingi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew D. Kerkhoff

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Peter MacPherson

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Public Health Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Graeme Meintjes

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Claudia M. Denkinger

Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia M. Denkinger, Morten Ruhwald

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Morten Ruhwald

Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia M. Denkinger, Morten Ruhwald

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

morten.ruhwald@finddx.org

Affiliation FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

FujiLAM Study Consortium

Members of the FujiLAM study consortium are listed in a S8 File.

Competing Interests

RS, AM, CMD and MR are or were employed by FIND at the time of the study. FIND is a not-for-profit foundation that supports the evaluation of publicly prioritized tuberculosis assays and the implementation of WHO-approved (guidance and prequalification) assays using donor grants. FIND has product evaluation agreements with several private sector companies that design diagnostics for tuberculosis and other diseases. These agreements strictly define FIND’s independence and neutrality with regard to these private sector companies. TB reports patents in the field of TB detection and is a shareholder of Avelo Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.