About the Authors

Jayne S. Sutherland

jsutherland@mrc.gm

Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia

Bouke C. de Jong

Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia

David J. Jeffries

Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia

Ifedayo M. Adetifa

Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia

Martin O. C. Ota

Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSS MOCO. Performed the experiments: JSS. Analyzed the data: JSS DJJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BCdJ. Wrote the paper: JSS MOCO. Performed spoligotyping: BCdJ. Statistical analysis: DJJ. Recruited all subjects: IMA. Intellectual input with design of experiments and writing of the manuscript: MOO.