About the Authors

Nelda van Soelen

neldavs@mweb.co.za

Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Karen du Preez

Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Susan S. van Wyk

Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Anna M. Mandalakas

Affiliations Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Section on Retrovirology and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Tuberculosis Initiative, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Don A. Enarson

Affiliations Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

Anthony J. Reid

Affiliation Operational Research Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières Operational Centre Brussels, Luxembourg

Anneke C. Hesseling

Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVS SSVW KDP AMM ACH. Performed the experiments: NVS. Analyzed the data: NVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NVS SSVW KDP AMM ACH. Wrote the paper: NVS SSVW KDP AMM DAE AJR ACH.