Soares, Miguel P.Yilmaz, Bahtiyar2017-06-222017-06-222016-02Miguel P. Soares, Bahtiyar Yilmaz, Microbiota Control of Malaria Transmission, Trends in Parasitology, Volume 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 120-130, ISSN 1471-4922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147149221500238X)http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/768This publication hasn't any creative commons license associated.This deposit is composed by the main article, and it hasn't any supplementary materials associated.The deposited article is a post-print version.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.engAntibodiesBiological EvolutionHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansIntestinesMalaria, FalciparumMicrobiotaPlasmodium falciparumPolysaccharidesProtozoan Vaccinesjournal article10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.004