France, Michael T.
Fu, Li
Rutt, Lindsay
Yang, Hongqiu
Humphrys, Michael S.
Narina, Shilpa
Gajer, Pawel M.
Ma, Bing
Forney, Larry J.
Ravel, Jacques https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0851-2233
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (UH2AI083264)
National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR015495)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1189217)
Article History
Received: 1 June 2021
Accepted: 16 February 2022
First Online: 1 March 2022
Declarations
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: All human subject research studies were performed under approved protocols by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Maryland Baltimore under numbers HP-00040935 and HP-00041351. Samples were collected after obtaining written informed consent from all the participants and all experimental methods comply with the Helsinki Declaration.
: J.R. is a cofounder of LUCA Biologics, a biotechnology company focusing on translating microbiome research into live biotherapeutic drugs for women’s health. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.