About the Authors
- Ajay M. V. Kumar
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* E-mail: kumaramv@rntcp.org (AK); sathyasaakshi@gmail.com (S. Srinath)
Affiliations Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India, Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Devesh Gupta
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Affiliation Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- B. B. Rewari
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Affiliation National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Damodar Bachani
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Affiliation National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Suresh Mohammed
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Affiliation National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Vartika Sharma
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Affiliation National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Kumaraswamy Lal
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Affiliation State TB Cell, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore, India
- H. R. Raveendra Reddy
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Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Balaji Naik
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Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Rita Prasad
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Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Mohammed Yaqoob
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Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- K. G. Deepak
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Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Suresh Shastri
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Affiliation Karnataka State AIDS Prevention and Control Society, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore, India
- Srinath Satyanarayana
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* E-mail: kumaramv@rntcp.org (AK); sathyasaakshi@gmail.com (S. Srinath)
Affiliations Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
- Anthony David Harries
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Affiliations International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), Paris, France, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Lakhbir Singh Chauhan
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Affiliation Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
- Puneet Dewan
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Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AK DG BR DB SM VS KL RR BN RP MY DK S. Shastri S. Srinath ADH LSC PKD. Performed the experiments: AK RR BN RP MY DK. Analyzed the data: AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK KL RR BN RP MY DK. Wrote the paper: AK DG BR DB SM VS KL RR BN RP MY DK S. Shastri S. Srinath ADH LSC PKD.