About the Authors

Dorai Deepa

dr.ddeepa@gmail.com

Affiliation State Tuberculosis Training and Demonstration Center, Directorate General of Health Services, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India

Shanta Achanta

Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in India, New Delhi, India

Jyoti Jaju

Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in India, New Delhi, India

Koteswara Rao

Affiliation State Tuberculosis Training and Demonstration Center, Directorate General of Health Services, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India

Rani Samyukta

Affiliation State TB Cell, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India

Mareli Claassens

Affiliation Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Ajay M. V. Kumar

Affiliation International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India

Vishnu PH

Affiliation State Tuberculosis Training and Demonstration Center, Directorate General of Health Services, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD AMVK MC. Performed the experiments: DD JJ KR RS. Analyzed the data: AMVK SA VPH MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMVK MC. Wrote the manuscript: DD AMVK MC.