About the Authors

Stefan Berg

Affiliation TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Rebuma Firdessa

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Meseret Habtamu

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Endalamaw Gadisa

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Araya Mengistu

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lawrence Yamuah

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gobena Ameni

Affiliations Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Martin Vordermeier

Affiliation TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Brian D. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

Noel H. Smith

Affiliation TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Howard Engers

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Douglas Young

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

R. Glyn Hewinson

Affiliation TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Abraham Aseffa

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Stephen V. Gordon

stephen.gordon@ucd.ie

Affiliations TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB MV HE DBY GH AA SVG. Performed the experiments: SB RF MH EG AM GA. Analyzed the data: SB NHS GH AA SVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LY GA BDR. Wrote the paper: SB SVG.