About the Authors

Anna Berzkalns

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Joseph Bates

Affiliations Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Wen Ye

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Leonard Mukasa

Affiliations Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Anne Marie France

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Naveen Patil

Affiliations Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Zhenhua Yang

zhenhua@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB AMF JB WY LM NP ZY. Performed the experiments: AB. Analyzed the data: AB WY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB LM NP. Wrote the paper: AB. Reviewed and edited manuscript: AB AMF JB WY LM NP ZY.