CD36 and malaria: Previous studies had revealed that almost all isolates of P. falciparum adhere to CD36 [2], [42], [68], [69] and in Africa no differences in CD36-binding ability between SM and UM cases were observed [6], [25], [41], [70], although one study in Mali showed a positive association with a sub-type of PfEMP1 (cys2var) and severe malaria and this var type is part of a group of PfEMP1 proteins that tend to have lower binding to CD36 [71].