About the Authors
- Hassan Mahomed
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* E-mail: hmahomed799@gmail.com
Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Rodney Ehrlich
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Affiliations School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Tony Hawkridge
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Affiliations Vaccines for Africa Initiative, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Mark Hatherill
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Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Lawrence Geiter
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Affiliation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Fazlin Kafaar
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Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Deborah Ann Abrahams
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Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Humphrey Mulenga
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Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Michele Tameris
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Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Hennie Geldenhuys
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Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Willem Albert Hanekom
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Affiliations South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Suzanne Verver
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Affiliations KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands and CINIMA, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Gregory Dudley Hussey
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Affiliations Vaccines for Africa Initiative, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Competing Interests
Dr. L. Geiter was employed by Aeras at the time of the initiation of this study and he was involved in our study’s conceptualization and design while there. He then moved to Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. which is his current affiliation. Otsuka was not involved in any way in the funding, design, implementation or write-up of our study. Nor were any products associated with Otsuka involved or utilized in any way in the authors' study. Thus, from our point of view, although Dr. Geiter is currently employed by Otsuka, there is no competing interest related this publication that involves Otsuka. Thus, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Reviewed Analysis: SV RE. Reviewed Manuscript: RE TH MH LG FK DA H. Mulenga MT HG WAH SV GDH. Conceived and designed the experiments: H. Mahomed TH LG SV WAH GDH. Performed the experiments: HMa DA MT H. Mulenga HG FK. Analyzed the data: H. Mahomed. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Mahomed SV. Wrote the paper: H. Mahomed.