About the Authors
- Karolien Stoffels
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Affiliation National Reference Centre of Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
- Caroline Allix-Béguec
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Affiliations National Reference Centre of Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium, Genoscreen, Lille, France
- Guido Groenen
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Affiliation Belgian Lung and Tuberculosis Association, Brussels, Belgium
- Maryse Wanlin
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Affiliation Belgian Lung and Tuberculosis Association, Brussels, Belgium
- Dirk Berkvens
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Vanessa Mathys
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* E-mail: vmathys@wiv-isp.be (VM); maryse.fauville@gmail.com (MF)
Affiliation National Reference Centre of Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
- Philip Supply
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Affiliations INSERM, U1019, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
- Maryse Fauville-Dufaux
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* E-mail: vmathys@wiv-isp.be (VM); maryse.fauville@gmail.com (MF)
Affiliation National Reference Centre of Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
Competing Interests
Philip Supply is a consultant for Genoscreen; Caroline Allix-Béguec is an employee of the same company. All other authors: no conflict. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MF-D. Performed the experiments: KS CA-B. Analyzed the data: KS CA-B GG MW VM MF-D. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS CA-B GG MW DB VM MF-D. Wrote the paper: KS CA-B GG MW DB VM PS MF-D
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