About the Authors
- Malathesha Ganachari
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Affiliation The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Jorge A. Ruiz-Morales
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Affiliation The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Juan C. Gomez de la Torre Pretell
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Affiliation Non-Governmental Organization VIMASI, San Borja, Lima, Perú
- Jeffrey Dinh
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Affiliation The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Julio Granados
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Affiliation Division of Immunogenetics, Department of Transplantation Immunology, Mexican National Institute of Medicine and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico D.F., Mexico
- Pedro O. Flores-Villanueva
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* E-mail: poflores-villanueva@tmhs.org
Affiliation The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MG JARM POFV. Performed the experiments: MG JARM JD POFV. Analyzed the data: MG JARM JCGdlTP JD JG POFV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCGdlTP JG POFV. Wrote the paper: POFV. Helped in designing protocols for the recruitment of TB cases and controls in Peru: JCGdlTP, JG.