About the Authors
- Claudia M. Denkinger
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* Email: claudia.denkinger@mail.mcgill.ca
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, McGill International TB Centre & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Yatiraj Kalantri
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Affiliation Tulip Diagnostics, Goa, India
- Samuel G. Schumacher
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Affiliation McGill International TB Centre & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Joy S. Michael
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Deepa Shankar
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Arvind Saxena
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Affiliation Tulip Diagnostics, Goa, India
- Natarajan Sriram
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Affiliation Tulip Diagnostics, Goa, India
- Thangakunam Balamugesh
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Robert Luo
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Nira R. Pollock
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Madhukar Pai
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Affiliation McGill International TB Centre & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Devasahayam J. Christopher
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Competing Interests
Tulip Group, Goa, India, received grant funding from the Grand Challenges Canada grant to develop the prototype assay. MP serves as a consultant for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. BMGF had no involvement in this manuscript. MP also serves as a section editor to PLOS ONE. Please note, that Yatiraj Kalantri, Arvind Saxena and Natarajan Sriram are employees of Tulip Diagnostics. 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: CMD YK SGS JSM AS NS TB RL NRP MP DJC. Performed the experiments: YK SGS DS JSM AS NS TB RL DJC. Analyzed the data: CMD YK SGS JSM AS NS TB RL NRP MP DJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMD YK SGS JSM AS NS MP DJC. Wrote the manuscript: CMD YK SGS JSM DS AS NS TB RL NRP MP DJC.