About the Authors

Nathella Pavan Kumar

Affiliation National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India

Rathinam Sridhar

Affiliation Government Stanley Medical Hospital, Chennai, India

Vaithilingam V. Banurekha

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India

Dina Nair

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India

Mohideen S. Jawahar

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India

Thomas B. Nutman

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Subash Babu

sbabu@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TBN SB. Performed the experiments: NPK. Analyzed the data: NPK SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS VVB DN MSJ. Wrote the paper: TBN SB.