title: Coming soon: probiotics-based malaria vaccines.
abstract: The beneficial health effect of gut probiotics has been known since its discovery by Élie Metchnikoff. A new study has linked the microbiome of the human gut with immunity against malaria infections. Gut probiotics represent innovative tools for malaria prevention and lead the way to novel types of vaccination strategies.
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Applied Infection Biology Section, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Che Julius
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ngwa
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Applied Infection Biology Section, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. Electronic address: gabriele.pradel@molbiotech.rwth-aachen.de.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pradel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000635:transmission*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000502:physiology*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011134:Polysaccharides
keywords: Plasmodium falciparum; antimalarial immunity; gut microbiota; malaria; probiotics; vaccination