About the Authors

David Patrick Kateete

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda

Fred Ashaba Katabazi

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda

Alfred Okeng

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda

Moses Okee

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda

Conrad Musinguzi

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda

Benon Byamugisha Asiimwe

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda

Samuel Kyobe

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda

Jeniffer Asiimwe

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

W. Henry Boom

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Unit (TBRU), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Moses Lutaakome Joloba

mlj10@case.edu

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), Kampala, Uganda, Tuberculosis Research Unit (TBRU), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLJ DPK WHB. Performed the experiments: DPK MLJ FAK AO MO BBA JA SK CM. Analyzed the data: DPK MLJ MO AO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WHB MLJ. Wrote the paper: DPK WHB MLJ.