About the Authors

Ejaz Qadeer

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Razia Fatima

drraziafatima@gmail.com

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Aashifa Yaqoob

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Sabira Tahseen

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Mahboob Ul Haq

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abdul Ghafoor

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Asif

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Masja Straetemans

Current address: Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

Edine W. Tiemersma

Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Masja Straetemans is employed by KIT Biomedical Research. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EQ RF ST MS. Performed the experiments: EQ RF ST AG MS MA. Analyzed the data: EWT AY MU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EWT AY MU. Wrote the paper: EQ RF AY ST MU MS EWT MA.