1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill International TB Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
2 Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, India; Manipal McGill Center for Infectious Diseases, Manipal University, Mangalore, India.
3 Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, India.
4 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill International TB Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
5 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill International TB Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Manipal McGill Center for Infectious Diseases, Manipal University, Mangalore, India; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
6 Manipal McGill Center for Infectious Diseases, Manipal University, Mangalore, India; Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, India. Electronic address: shrikalab@yahoo.com.