About the Authors

Xinxu Li

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Shiwen Jiang

jiangsw@chinatb.org

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xue Li

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jian Mei

Affiliation Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Qiu Zhong

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Institute of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Weiguo Xu

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Jun Li

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Weibin Li

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xiaoqiu Liu

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Hui Zhang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Lixia Wang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ HZ LW. Performed the experiments: JM QZ WX. Analyzed the data: Xinxu Li Xue Li JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WL X. Liu. Wrote the paper: Xinxu Li.