No significant differences in the level of circulating cytokines were found between HD (IL-8 median: 9.8; interquartile (IQR): 1.8- 21; IL-1β median: 0.2 IQR: 0.13–2.8; IL-6 median: 0.14; IQR:0–5; IL-10 median: 0–7.1; IQR: 0–7 and TNF-α median: 5.4; IQR 0–21) and malaria patients who had completed the chemotherapy. Here, CXCL8 is linked to malaria.