About the Authors
- W. Ray Waters
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* E-mail: ray.waters@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Mitchell V. Palmer
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Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Brian J. Nonnecke
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Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Tyler C. Thacker
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Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- D. Mark Estes
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Affiliation University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Pediatrics and the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Michelle H. Larsen
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Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- William R. Jacobs Jr
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Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Peter Andersen
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Affiliation Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
- James McNair
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Affiliation Bacteriology Department, Veterinary Sciences Division, Stormont, Belfast
- F. C. Minion
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Affiliation Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Konstantin P. Lyashchenko
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Affiliation Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Medford, New York, United States of America
- R. Glyn Hewinson
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Affiliation UK Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
- H. Martin Vordermeier
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Affiliation UK Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Randy E. Sacco
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Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
Peter Andersen is co-inventor of patents relating to TB antigens, ESAT-6 and CFP-10. All rights have been assigned to Statens Serum Institut.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WRW MVP BJN TCT DME RES. Performed the experiments: WRW MVP TCT MHL WRJ RES. Analyzed the data: WRW MVP BJN RES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WRW MVP BJN DME MHL WRJ PA JM CM KL GH MV RES. Wrote the paper: WRW DME RES.