About the Authors

Sebastian M. Mboma

Contributed equally to this work with: Sebastian M. Mboma, Rein M. G. J. Houben

Affiliation Karonga Prevention Study, Chilumba, Malawi

Rein M. G. J. Houben

Contributed equally to this work with: Sebastian M. Mboma, Rein M. G. J. Houben

rein.houben@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Karonga Prevention Study, Chilumba, Malawi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Judith R. Glynn

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Lifted Sichali

Affiliation Karonga Prevention Study, Chilumba, Malawi

Francis Drobniewski

Affiliation Health Protection Agency National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, London, United Kingdom

James Mpunga

Affiliation National TB Control Programme, Lilongwe, Malawi

Paul E. M. Fine

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Neil French

Affiliation University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Amelia C. Crampin

Affiliations Karonga Prevention Study, Chilumba, Malawi, 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: PEMF JRG ACC NF RMGJH. Performed the experiments: SMM RMGJH ACC LS FD. Analyzed the data: RMGJH SMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM FD. Wrote the paper: RMGJH SMM.