About the Authors

Mohit Padamchand Gandhi

gandhim@tbcindia.nic.in

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

Ajay M. V. Kumar

Affiliations South East Asia Regional Office, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, New Delhi, India, Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

Manoj Nandkishor Toshniwal

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

Raveendra H. R. Reddy

Affiliation Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Hyderabad, India

John E. Oeltmann

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sreenivas Achuthan Nair

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

Srinath Satyanarayana

Affiliation South East Asia Regional Office, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, New Delhi, India

Puneet Kumar Dewan

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

Shamim Mannan

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in India, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPG AMVK MNT RR SAN SS PKD SM. Performed the experiments: MPG MNT RR. Analyzed the data: MPG AMVK JO. Wrote the paper: MPG AMVK MNT RR JO SAN SS PKD SM.