About the Authors

Parakkal Jovvian George

Affiliation ICER Department, National Institutes of Health—NIRT—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

Rajamanickam Anuradha

Affiliation ICER Department, National Institutes of Health—NIRT—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

Nathella Pavan Kumar

Affiliation ICER Department, National Institutes of Health—NIRT—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

Rathinam Sridhar

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine Government Stanley Medical Hospital, Chennai, India

Vaithilingam V. Banurekha

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India

Thomas B. Nutman

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

Subash Babu

sbabu@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations ICER Department, National Institutes of Health—NIRT—International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 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: PJG RA NPK. Analyzed the data: PJG RA NPK SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS VVB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TBN SB.