About the Authors

Irina Yu Nikitina

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

Natalya A. Kondratuk

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

George A. Kosmiadi

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

Rasul B. Amansahedov

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

Irina A. Vasilyeva

Contributed equally to this work with: Irina A. Vasilyeva, Vitaly V. Ganusov, Irina V. Lyadova

Affiliation Department of Phthisiology, Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

Vitaly V. Ganusov

Contributed equally to this work with: Irina A. Vasilyeva, Vitaly V. Ganusov, Irina V. Lyadova

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Irina V. Lyadova

Contributed equally to this work with: Irina A. Vasilyeva, Vitaly V. Ganusov, Irina V. Lyadova

ivlyadova@mail.ru

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IVL. Performed the experiments: IYN GAK IVL. Analyzed the data: IYN NAK IAV RBA VVG IVL. Wrote the paper: IVL VVG IYN GAK.