About the Authors

Dang Thi Minh Ha

hadtm@oucru.org

Affiliations TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Marcel Wolbers

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tran Ngoc Duong

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Dang Quang

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tran Thi Van Thinh

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Le Thi Hong Ngoc

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tran Van Quyet

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Vo Thi Ha

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Jeremy Day

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Hoang Thi Thanh Hang

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Vo Sy Kiet

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Nho

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Dai Viet Hoa

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Huy Dung

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Huu Lan

Affiliation TB Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Jeremy Farrar

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Maxine Caws

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DTMH NTNL TND TVQ NTBT DTMH JND NTN DVH NHD NHL JF MC. Performed the experiments: DTMH TND NDQ TTVT LTHN NTNA TVQ NTBT DTMH VSK DVH MC. Analyzed the data: MW HTTH VSK NTN MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTMH NTNL TND NDQ TTVT LTHN NTNA TVQ NTBT DTMH NTN DVH NHD NHL JF MC. Wrote the paper: MW JND HTTH JF MC.