About the Authors
- Winnie Bergstedt
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Pernille N. Tingskov
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Affiliation Department of Vaccine Development, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Birgit Thierry-Carstensen
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Affiliation Department of Vaccine Development, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Søren T. Hoff
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Henrik Aggerbeck
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Affiliation Department of Vaccine Development, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Vibeke O. Thomsen
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Affiliation International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, National Centre for Antimicrobials and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Peter Andersen
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Aase B. Andersen
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* E-mail: bengaard@rh.dk
Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Competing Interests
The study group: ABA was previously employed at SSI, but since 1998 has been employed at Rigshospitalet and receives no salary from SSI. ABA and PA are co-inventors of a patent related to ESAT-6 but all rights belong to SSI. WB has no conflicts of interest. The SSI that sponsored the study employs PT, BTC, HA, STH, PA and VOT. This does not alter the authors' adherence to the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ABA. Performed the experiments: WB ABA. Analyzed the data: PNT BTC STH HA ABA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PNT BTC STH HA VOT PA. Wrote the paper: WB ABA.