About the Authors

R. Anuradha

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

P. Jovvian George

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

N. Pavan Kumar

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

Michael P. Fay

Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

V. Kumaraswami

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai, India

Thomas B. Nutman

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Subash Babu

sbabu@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations National Institutes of Health, International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TBN SB. Performed the experiments: RA PJG NPK. Analyzed the data: RA MPF SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VK. Wrote the paper: TBN MPF SB.