Pruski, Pamela
Correia, Gonçalo D. S.
Lewis, Holly V.
Capuccini, Katia
Inglese, Paolo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6179-9643
Chan, Denise
Brown, Richard G.
Kindinger, Lindsay
Lee, Yun S.
Smith, Ann http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-229X
Marchesi, Julian
McDonald, Julie A. K. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-6047
Cameron, Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9570-135X
Alexander-Hardiman, Kate
David, Anna L.
Stock, Sarah J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-856X
Norman, Jane E.
Terzidou, Vasso http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7579-4947
Teoh, T. G.
Sykes, Lynne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7806-5707
Bennett, Phillip R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-4919
Takats, Zoltan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-3467
MacIntyre, David A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-5567
Funding for this research was provided by:
March of Dimes Foundation
Article History
Received: 14 March 2021
Accepted: 23 September 2021
First Online: 13 October 2021
Competing interests
: P.P., P.R.B., Z.T. and D.A.M. hold patents for the use of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry and desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry analysis of swabs and biopsy samples (US10026599B2, EP3265817B1). P.P., G.C., P.R.B., Z.T. and D.A.M. have filed a provisional patent for the use of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry and desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry analysis of swabs for prediction of vaginal microbiota composition and inflammatory status (GB2110293.4). The remaining authors declare no competing interests.