About the Authors

Sofia O. Viegas

viegas_sofia@hotmail.com

Affiliations National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique, Faculty of Veterinary, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset-Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Adelina Machado

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique

Ramona Groenheit

Affiliation Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

Solomon Ghebremichael

Affiliation Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

Alexandra Pennhag

Affiliation Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

Paula S. Gudo

Affiliation Tuberculosis National Control Program, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique

Zaina Cuna

Affiliation Jhpiego Mozambique, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, Maputo, Mozambique

Egídio Langa

Affiliation Tuberculosis National Control Program, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique

Paolo Miotto

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Daniela M. Cirillo

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Nalin Rastogi

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis & Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, France

Rob M. Warren

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Paul D. van Helden

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Tuija Koivula

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset-Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

Gunilla Källenius

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset-Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SOV PDvH TK GK. Performed the experiments: SOV AM SG AP RG RMW. Analyzed the data: SOV NR RMW RG TK GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSG ZC EL PM DMC RMW. Wrote the manuscript: SOV RMW NR RG TK GK. Participated in the drug resistance survey and rechecking of strains: PSG ZC EL PM DMC. General supervision of the research: RG GK TK. Critically reviewed de manuscript, read and approved the final version: SOV AM RG SG AP PSG ZC EL PM DMC NR RMW PDvH TK GK.