About the Authors

Deus Lukoye

Affiliation National Tuberculosis/Leprosy Program Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Francis Adatu

Affiliation National Tuberculosis/Leprosy Program Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Kenneth Musisi

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda

George William Kasule

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda

Willy Were

Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rosemary Odeke

Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Julius Namonyo Kalamya

Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ann Awor

Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anand Date

Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Moses L. Joloba

Moses.joloba@case.edu

Affiliations Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLJ FA RO DL AD JNK. Performed the experiments: KM GWK. Analyzed the data: DL AA. Wrote the paper: DL WW AD MLJ.