About the Authors

C. Scott Mahan

csmahan@gmail.com

Affiliations Tuberculosis Research Unit, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Maria Walusimbi

Affiliation Makerere University School of Medicine, Mulago Hospital, Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

Denise F. Johnson

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Unit, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christina Lancioni

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Unit, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Edwin Charlebois

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joyce Baseke

Affiliation Makerere University School of Medicine, Mulago Hospital, Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

Keith A. Chervenak

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Unit, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Roy D. Mugerwa

Affiliation Makerere University School of Medicine, Mulago Hospital, Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

Diane V. Havlir

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Harriet Mayanja-Kizza

Affiliation Makerere University School of Medicine, Mulago Hospital, Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

Christopher C. Whalen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

W. Henry Boom

Affiliations Tuberculosis Research Unit, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, University Hospitals-Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

for the Uganda-Case Western Research Collaboration

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAC DVH CCW WHB. Performed the experiments: MW JB KAC RDM HMK. Analyzed the data: CSM DFJ CL EDC CCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSM. Wrote the paper: CSM WHB.