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About the Authors:
Kathryn L. Kellar
Affiliation: Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Jennifer Gehrke
Affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Stephen E. Weis
Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Aida Mahmutovic-Mayhew
Affiliations Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
Blachy Davila
Affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Margan J. Zajdowicz
Current address: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation: Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States of America
Robin Scarborough
Affiliation: Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Philip A. LoBue
Affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Alfred A. Lardizabal
Affiliation: The New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
Charles L. Daley
Current address: National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Randall R. Reves
Affiliation: Denver Public Health Department, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
John Bernardo
Affiliation: The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Brandon H. Campbell
Affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
William C. Whitworth
Affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Gerald H. Mazurek
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Introduction
Tuberculosis remains a public health threat and is a leading cause of death worldwide, with an estimated 1.7 million deaths annually [1]. Approximately one...