About the Authors
- Elma Z. Tchilian
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* E-mail: elma.tchilian@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Affiliation The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Edward O. Ronan
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Affiliation The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Catherine de Lara
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Affiliation The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Lian Ni Lee
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Affiliation The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Kees L. M. C. Franken
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Martin H. Vordermeier
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Affiliation TB Immunology Group, The Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
- Tom H. M. Ottenhoff
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Peter C. L. Beverley
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Affiliation The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
ET, PB and ER are co-inventors on a patent application to the United Kingdom patent office covering the use of SIM for tuberculosis. This does not alter the authors' adherence to the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ET PB. Performed the experiments: ET ER CL LNL PB. Analyzed the data: ET ER CL PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF MV TO. Wrote the paper: ET PB. Provided comments on the manuscript: ET ER CL LNL KF MV TO PB.