Abstract

Some gut bacterial pathogens can escape antibody-mediated immunity by changing surface-exposed antigens, such as O-antigens. But by using vaccines targeting specific O-antigens to induce immunoglobulin A responses in the gut, such pathogens can also be directed to evolve towards expressing O-antigen variants that impair gut colonization.

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