Article History
Received: 10 June 2020
Accepted: 27 August 2020
First Online: 9 September 2020
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: TH has received honoraria for lectures from Ferring, IBSA, Besins and Merck. PH received unrestricted research grants from MSD, Merck, and Ferring as well as honoraria for lectures from MSD, Merck, Gedeon-Richter, Theramex, and IBSA. JSJ has received speaker’s fee from Hologic, BD, SpeeDx, and Cepheid and serves scientific advisory board of Roche Molecular Systems, Abbott Molecular, and Cepheid. PH, TH and JSJ received an unrestricted research grant from Osel inc. which produces LACTIN-V, a live biotherapeutic product with <i>Lactobacillus crispatus</i>. PH and TH are listed as inventors in an international patent application (PCT/US2018/040882) involving “Use of vaginal lactobacilli for improving the success rate of in vitro fertilization”. SA reports funding and salary from The Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO) and European Regional Development Fund (FEDER): grants RYC-2016-21199 and ENDORE SAF2017-87526-R; FEDER/Junta de Andalucía-Consejería de Economía y Conocimiento: MENDO (B-CTS-500-UGR18).