About the Authors

Xichao Ou

Contributed equally to this work with: Xichao Ou, Qiang Li, Hui Xia

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Qiang Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xichao Ou, Qiang Li, Hui Xia

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Hui Xia

Contributed equally to this work with: Xichao Ou, Qiang Li, Hui Xia

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Yu Pang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Shengfen Wang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Bing Zhao

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Yuanyuan Song

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Yang Zhou

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Yang Zheng

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Zhijian Zhang

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Department of Nanlou, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China

Zhiying Zhang

Affiliation PATH, China Office, Beijing, China

Junchen Li

Affiliation PATH, China Office, Beijing, China

Haiyan Dong

Affiliation PATH, China Office, Beijing, China

Jack Zhang

Affiliation PATH, China Office, Beijing, China

Kai Man Kam

Affiliation Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P. R. China

Junying Chi

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China Office, Beijing, China

Shitong Huan

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China Office, Beijing, China

Daniel P. Chin

zhaoyanlin@chinatb.org (Y. Zhao); daniel.chin@gatesfoundation.org (DPC)

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China Office, Beijing, China

Yanlin Zhao

zhaoyanlin@chinatb.org (Y. Zhao); daniel.chin@gatesfoundation.org (DPC)

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XO QL HX Zhiying Zhang Y. Zhao. Performed the experiments: XO YP SW BZ YS Y. Zhou Y. Zheng Zhijian Zhang. Analyzed the data: XO HD JZ KMK JC Y. Zhao. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL SH DPC. Wrote the paper: XO QL HX Y. Zhao.