Soares MP Yilmaz B 2016 Stable mutualistic interactions between multicellular organisms and microbes are an evolutionarily conserved process with a major impact on host physiology and fitness. Humans establish such interactions with a consortium of microorganisms known as the microbiota. Despite the mutualistic nature of these interactions, some bacterial components of the human microbiota express immunogenic glycans that elicit glycan-specific antibody (Ab) responses. The ensuing circulating Abs are protective against infections by pathogens that express those glycans, as demonstrated for Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria. Presumably, a similar protective Ab response acts against other vector-borne diseases. application/pdf https://sonar.ch/global/documents/247355 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.004 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/26774793 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Trends in parasitology. - 2016 Antibodies Biological Evolution Host-Pathogen Interactions Humans Intestines Malaria, Falciparum Microbiota Plasmodium falciparum Polysaccharides Protozoan Vaccines Microbiota Control of Malaria Transmission. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501