About the Authors
- Kathryn L. Kellar
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Affiliation Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Jennifer Gehrke
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Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Stephen E. Weis
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
- Aida Mahmutovic-Mayhew
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Affiliations Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Blachy Davila
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Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Margan J. Zajdowicz
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Current address: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States of America
- Robin Scarborough
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Affiliation Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Philip A. LoBue
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Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Alfred A. Lardizabal
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Affiliation The New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Charles L. Daley
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Current address: National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Randall R. Reves
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Affiliation Denver Public Health Department, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- John Bernardo
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Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Brandon H. Campbell
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Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- William C. Whitworth
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Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Gerald H. Mazurek
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* E-mail: gym6@cdc.gov
Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and recognize the following potential conflicts: Cellestis Ltd. provided antigens and kits that were used to measure interferon gamma by the commercial ELISA. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the authors have conflicts of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KLK GHM. Performed the experiments: AM RS KLK GHM. Analyzed the data: JG BD WCW BHC KLK GHM. Wrote the paper: KLK GHM. Data acquisition: AM RS SEW MJZ PAL AAL CLD RRR JB KLK GHM.