To assess the Pf-specific MBC and Ab responses to acute malaria, and to determine the stability of this response during a period of little to no Pf transmission, we measured the frequencies of MBCs and Ab levels specific for AMA1 and MSP1 14 days after the first episode of malaria (convalescence), and in a cross-sectional survey at the end of the following dry season (month 12), and compared these frequencies to the pre-malaria season baseline (month 0; as detailed above). This evidence concerns the gene ATAD1 and malaria.