About the Authors

Helen S. Cox

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hcox@burnet.edu.au

Affiliation Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia

Stobdan Kalon

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Sholpan Allamuratova

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Vinciane Sizaire

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, London, United Kingdom

Zinaida N. Tigay

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

Affiliation Forchungszentrum Borstel, National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Borstel, Germany

Hamraev A. Karimovich

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Yared Kebede

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Clair Mills

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC. Performed the experiments: SA SR ZT HK. Analyzed the data: HC YK SA SK VS. Wrote the paper: HC YK CM SK VS.