About the Authors

Sumit Malhotra

drmalhotrasumit@gmail.com

Affiliation All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Sanjay P. Zodpey

Affiliation Public Health Education, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Shivani Chandra

Affiliation State TB Office, New Delhi, India

Ram Pal Vashist

Affiliation State TB Office, New Delhi, India

Srinath Satyanaryana

Affiliation International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India

Rony Zachariah

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Anthony D. Harries

Affiliations International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM SZ SS ADH. Performed the experiments: SM SS SC RPV. Analyzed the data: SM SZ SS SC RZ ADH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM SZ SS SC RZ ADH. Wrote the paper: SM SZ SS SC RZ ADH.