About the Authors

Chhavi Porwal

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

Amit Kaushik

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

Nayani Makkar

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

Jayant N. Banavaliker

Affiliation Rajan Babu Institute for Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, Delhi, India

Mahmud Hanif

Affiliation New Delhi TB Centre, New Delhi, India

Rupak Singla

Affiliation Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease, New Delhi, India

Anuj K. Bhatnagar

Affiliation Rajan Babu Institute for Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, Delhi, India

Digambar Behera

Affiliation Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease, New Delhi, India

Jitendra Nath Pande

Affiliation Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India

Urvashi B. Singh

drurvashi@gmail.com

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UBS CP. Performed the experiments: CP UBS AK NM. Analyzed the data: UBS CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP UBS AK NM JNB MH RS DB JNP AKB. Wrote the paper: CP UBS.