About the Authors
- Shibu Balakrishnan
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* E-mail: balakrishnans@rntcp.org
Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Shibu Vijayan
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Affiliation International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases, South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
- Sanjeev Nair
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Jayasankar Subramoniapillai
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Affiliation State TB Cell, Directorate of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Sunilkumar Mrithyunjayan
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Affiliation State TB Cell, Directorate of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Nevin Wilson
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Affiliation International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases, South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
- Srinath Satyanarayana
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Affiliation International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases, South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
- Puneet K. Dewan
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Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Ajay M. V. Kumar
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Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Durai Karthickeyan
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Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India
- Matthew Willis
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Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of TB Elimination, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Anthony D. Harries
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Affiliations International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Sreenivas Achuthan Nair
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Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SV SN JS SM NW SS PKD AMVK MW ADH SAN. Performed the experiments: SB SV SN JS SM DSAK. Analyzed the data: SB SV SN SS AMVK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB SV SN JS SM SS AMVK. Wrote the paper: SB SV SN. Provided comments and inputs to revise manuscript: JS SM NW SS PKD AMVK MW ADH SAN.