About the Authors

Niaina Rakotosamimanana

Affiliation Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

T. Mark Doherty

Current address: GlaxoSmithKline, Copenhagen, Denmark

Affiliation Staten Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lova H. Andriamihantasoa

Affiliation Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Vincent Richard

Current address: Unité d'épidémiologie, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

Affiliation Unité d'épidémiologie, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Brigitte Gicquel

Affiliation Unité de Génétique Mycobactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Jean-Louis Soares

Affiliation Unité d'épidémiologie, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Alimuddin Zumla

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Voahangy Rasolofo Razanamparany

vrasolof@pasteur.mg

Affiliation Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Competing Interests

One of the authors (TMD) is now employed by GlaxoSmithKline as an adviser on vaccination. The work described in this manuscript was completed prior to his current employment, and GlaxoSmithKline has had no input into the study design, execution, or analysis, or the writing of the manuscript. Prof. TMD holds no shares, patents or grants in GlaxoSmithKline or other companies involved in TB research or treatment, and therefore has no identified conflicts of interest. TMD is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMD JLS BG AZ VRR. Performed the experiments: NR LHA. Analyzed the data: NR VR VRR TMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG TMD AZ VRR. Wrote the paper: NR TMD AZ VRR. Obtained the VACSIS grant: AZ. Grant co-PI: TMD. Madagascar grant holder and coordinated the study: VRR.