About the Authors

Mohammad K. Siddiqui

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad K. Siddiqui, Shagufta Khan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Intermediate Reference Laboratory, STNM Hospital, Gangtok, Sikkim, India, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Shagufta Khan

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad K. Siddiqui, Shagufta Khan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Intermediate Reference Laboratory, STNM Hospital, Gangtok, Sikkim, India, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Rinchenla Bhutia

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Intermediate Reference Laboratory, STNM Hospital, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Vivek Nair

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Ashok Rai

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation State TB Cell, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Nirmal Gurung

Roles Project administration

Affiliation State TB Cell, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Tseten Yamphel

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation State TB Cell, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Peggy K. Dadul

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation State TB Cell, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Debya S. Kerongi

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation State TB Cell, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Karma Doma Bhutia

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Intermediate Reference Laboratory, STNM Hospital, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Jagat Pradhan

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Intermediate Reference Laboratory, STNM Hospital, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Kabita Khati

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation State TB Cell, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Sreenivas A. Nair

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Shamim Mannan

Roles Project administration

Affiliation WHO-India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Kiran K. Rade

Roles Project administration

Affiliation WHO-India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Dinesh Gupta

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

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Pawan Malhotra

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

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

L. Masae Kawamura

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vital Strategies Board of Directors, New York, New York, United States of America

Shikha Dhawan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, Biozazen, New Delhi, India, Centre for Social Integration and Borderless World, Uttar Pradesh, India

Asif Mohmmed

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

amohd@icgeb.res.in

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.