About the Authors

Sandy P. Althomsons

Salthomsons@cdc.gov

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

J. Steven Kammerer

Affiliation Northrop Grumman Corporation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Programs, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nong Shang

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Thomas R. Navin

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

JSK is an employee of Northrop Grumman Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, which provides scientific analysis services under contract to and as directed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA TN. Performed the experiments: SA. Analyzed the data: SA JSK NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA JSK NS. Wrote the paper: SA TN JSK NS. Interpretation of data: SA TN JSK NS.