About the Authors

Michael G. Whitfield

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.