This finding appears particularly relevant in the context of research for early diagnosis markers of severe malaria, since plasma lysozyme levels in malaria patients have been related to disease severity [21], [22]; additionally, it should be coupled with the ground-breaking evidence recently published by Kajla et al. showing that in Anopheles vectors the mosquito lysozyme homologue facilitates the development of Plasmodium berghei and falciparum through direct binding to parasite oocysts [23]. Here, LYZ is linked to malaria.