About the Authors

Patricia Scolari Fontela

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Nitika Pant Pai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Ian Schiller

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Nandini Dendukuri

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Andrew Ramsay

Affiliation Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Madhukar Pai

madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

Madhukar Pai is an editorial board member of PLoS Med and PLoS ONE.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND AR MP. Performed the experiments: PF NPP. Analyzed the data: PF IS ND MP. Wrote the paper: PF NPP IS ND AR MP. Obtained funding: MP AR. Provided supervision: MP.