About the Authors

Stephen J. Millen

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa

Pieter W. Uys

edserve@iafrica.com

Affiliations DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa

John Hargrove

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa

Paul D. van Helden

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa

Brian G. Williams

Affiliation Stop TB, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH PU. Performed the experiments: SM. Analyzed the data: PU SM. Wrote the paper: SM. Contributed to writing the paper: PU JH Pv BW.