About the Authors

Morten Ruhwald

mruhwald@mail.dk

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases 144, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Janne Petersen

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Kristian Kofoed

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Hiroshi Nakaoka

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Luis Eduardo Cuevas

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Lovett Lawson

Affiliation Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria

Stephen Bertil Squire

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jesper Eugen-Olsen

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Pernille Ravn

Affiliations Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Copenhagen University, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

Competing Interests

Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital has applied for a patent disclosing IP-10 as marker for M tuberculosis infection. Morten Ruhwald is registered as inventor on a patent application disclosing IP-10 as marker for M. tuberculosis infection. Pernille Ravn is registered as inventor on a patent application disclosing IP-10 as marker for M. tuberculosis infection and was a consultant for Cellestis Ltd. in 2006 to develop their clinical guidelines and received a single payment of €2000. Jesper Eugen-Olsen is registered as inventor on a patent application disclosing IP-10 as marker for M. tuberculosis infection. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR HN LEC LL SBS PR. Performed the experiments: MR KK HN. Analyzed the data: MR JP KK JEO PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP JEO. Wrote the paper: MR.