About the Authors
- Michael G. Whitfield
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael G. Whitfield, Heidi M. Soeters
Affiliations SA MRC Centre for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Heidi M. Soeters
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael G. Whitfield, Heidi M. Soeters
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Robin M. Warren
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* E-mail: rw1@sun.ac.za
Affiliations SA MRC Centre for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Talita York
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Affiliations SA MRC Centre for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Samantha L. Sampson
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Affiliations SA MRC Centre for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Elizabeth M. Streicher
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Affiliations SA MRC Centre for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Paul D. van Helden
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Affiliations SA MRC Centre for TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Annelies van Rie
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, International Health Unit, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MGW RMW AVR. Analyzed the data: HMS AVR. Wrote the paper: MGW HMS. Literature search: MGW TY. Figures and Tables: MGW TY HMS AVR RMW. Data abstraction: MGW HMS TY. Data interpretation: MGW HMS EMS AVR RMW. Critical revision for important content and final approval of article: MGW HMS SLS PDVH AVR RMW.