About the Authors

Mareli Claassens

mcla@sun.ac.za

Affiliation Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

Cari van Schalkwyk

Affiliation The South African Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Leonie den Haan

Affiliation Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

Sian Floyd

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Rory Dunbar

Affiliation Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

Paul van Helden

Affiliation National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

Peter Godfrey-Faussett

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Helen Ayles

Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Zambia AIDS Related Tuberculosis Project, University of Zambia Ridgeway Campus, Lusaka, Zambia

Martien Borgdorff

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bio-informatics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Donald Enarson

Affiliations Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

Nulda Beyers

Affiliation Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB HA PGF. Performed the experiments: MC PvH RD NB. Analyzed the data: MC CvS LdH SF DE NB MB. Wrote the paper: MC CvS LdH RD SF PvH DE HA PGF MB NB.