About the Authors

Geetha Parthasarathy

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shichun Lun

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Haidan Guo

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicole C. Ammerman

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Deborah E. Geiman

Affiliation Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

William R. Bishai

wbishai1@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP WRB. Performed the experiments: GP SL HG. Analyzed the data: GP SL NCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP DG. Wrote the paper: GP NCA WRB.