List of Authors

PhD/Scientific Leader, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, United Kingdom

PhD/Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Computational and Systems Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Professor, PhD, Md/Director, Direction of Biotechnology, Instituto Finlay, Center for Research and Production of Human Vaccines, Havana, Cuba

PhD/Research Director, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, France

Microbiology Professor, (1) Departamento de Microbiología Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, University of Zaragoza, Spain; (2) CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Spain.

PhD, Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

PhD/President–General Director, Instituto Finlay, Center for Research and Production of Human Vaccines, Havana, Cuba

MSc, PhD/Associate Researcher, Experimental Pathology Section, Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico

Litigation Assistant, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, United States of America

PhD, Professor/Vice Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Part-time Professor, PhD Student, Laboratory of non Linear Dynamics, Mathematics Department, Faculty of Sciences; and Center for Complexity Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

PhD/Coordinator of Functional Genomics Unit, Instituto de Biotecnologia, CNIA-INTA, Argentina.

BA, MB, BChir, MD, FSB/Professor of Medical Microbiology, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom

Professor/Director and Deputy Dean Research, Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

MBChB, MMed (Public Health)/Co-Director, South African TB Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine; and School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa

BA (Mod), PhD, Professor of Immunology/Deputy Director (Research), Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

FRCP PhD/Reader in Vaccinology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

PhD in Mathematical Science, Professor/ Director of the Laboratory of non Linear Dynamics, Mathematics Department, Faculty of Sciences; and Center for Complexity Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Professor of Immunology, Emeritus, Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot, Israel

Researcher, (1) Epidemiology Service, Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain; (2) CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain

PhD/Senior Scientist, Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD/Senior Research Fellow, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia-CSIC, Spain

PhD/Research Associate, Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Canada

Head of Epidemiology Service, (1) Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain; (2) CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain

Researcher, (1) Epidemiology Service, Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain; (2) CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain

PhD/Professor of Art and Communication, Faculty of Communication University of Havana, Cuba

MSc in Artificial Intelligence/Assistant Professor, Laboratory of non Linear Dynamics, Mathematics Department, Faculty of Sciences; and Center for Complexity Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Professor (Hon), Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Group, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

PhD/Assistant Professor, Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

BSc, PhD/Principal Scientist, Immunology and Cellular Immunity Section, NIBSC (a centre of the HPA), Biotherapeutics Group, United Kingdom

PhD/Head of Program, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Service Immunology, O.D. Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

MD, MPH/Senior Medical Advisor, Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, United States of America

PhD/Research Associate, Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Canada

PhD, Laboratory for Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PhD, MD, Professor/Head of Department, Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto Finlay, Center for Research and Production of Human Vaccines, Havana, Cuba

MD/Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Public Health Research Institute, UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School, United States of America

PhD in Information Science, Professor/ Head of Information, Management Office, Instituto Finlay, Center for Research and Production of Human Vaccines, Havana, Cuba

PhD, Program Host-Pathogen Interactions, Service Immunology, O.D. Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientifi c Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

PhD/Senior Scientist, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, TB Research Group, United Kingdom

MB, BCh, FFCH (SA), PhD, MSc (Med), DTM&H, DPH, DOH, DHSM/Chairperson of the Ethics Advisory Group, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. Previously Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

PhD, Senior Advisor, Global Affairs, Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, United States of America

MBChB/Clinical Manager, South African TB Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine; and School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa

PhD/Professor of Molecular Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Responsible for the HIV/AIDS Register, (1) Epidemiology Service, Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain; (2) CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain

PhD, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

MD, MsC, PhD, Professor/Head of Unit, (1) Unitat de Tuberculosi Experimental (UTE), Institut per a la Investigació en Ciències de la Sult Germans Trias I Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; (2) CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto Carlos III, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

College of Liberal and Professional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

MSc/Chairman of the Experimental Medicinal Department, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico.

MD, PhD/Chairman of the Experimental Pathology Section, Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico. rhpando@quetzal.innsz.mx

PhD, Assistant Professor, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland

MBBS, MMST/Research Associate, Public Health Research Institute, UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School, United States of America

Norazmi Mohd-Nor (norazmi@kb.usm.my)

Armando Acosta (aracosta2005@yahoo.es)

María Elena Sarmiento (aracosta2005@yahoo.es)

PhD/Professor and Coordinator for Research Strategy, Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD/Scientist, World Health Organization, Initiative for Vaccine Research

Professor, (1) University of León, Spain; (2) CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain

Princeton Project 55 Fellow, 2009–2010, Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, United States of America

MD, PhD/Co-Director, South African TB Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine; and School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa