About the Authors

Gregory James Fox

greg.fox@sydney.edu.au

Affiliations Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nguyen Viet Nhung

Affiliation National Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

Dinh Ngoc Sy

Affiliation National Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

Luu Thi Lien

Affiliation Hanoi Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

Nguyen Kim Cuong

Affiliations National Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam, Department of Tuberculosis, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

Warwick John Britton

Affiliations Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Guy Barrington Marks

Affiliation Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJF GBM WJB NVN DNS. Performed the experiments: GJF GBM NVN NKC LTL. Analyzed the data: GJF GBM WJB. Wrote the paper: GJF GBM WJB NVN.