About the Authors

Andrea Rachow

arachow@mmrp.org

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, National Institute of Medical Research—Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Alimuddin Zumla

Affiliation Department of Infection, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Norbert Heinrich

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

Gabriel Rojas-Ponce

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research—Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Bariki Mtafya

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research—Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Klaus Reither

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland

Elias N. Ntinginya

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research—Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Justin O'Grady

Affiliation Department of Infection, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Jim Huggett

Affiliation Department of Infection, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Keertan Dheda

Affiliation Department of Infection, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Catharina Boehme

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland

Mark Perkins

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland

Elmar Saathoff

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

Michael Hoelscher

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have no financial conflict of interest. No commercial partner was involved in the study or the writing of the manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR NH KR ES MH JH. Performed the experiments: AR GR-P BM KR ENN. Analyzed the data: AR AZ ES MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB MP ES JO KD. Wrote the paper: AR AZ NH KR ES MH. Critical appraisal of the manuscript: AR AZ NH GR-P BM KR ENN JO JH KD CB MP ES MH. Finalized the manuscript: AR AZ MH.