This temporary increase in CSP specific CD4+ T cell cytokine responses among control vaccinees parallels the increase and decrease in antibodies to blood stage malaria antigens seen in the same children [17] and the timing of the malaria transmission season [17], suggesting that CSP specific CD4+ T cell responses are also acquired naturally following exposure to malaria parasites, as suggested by previous studies in adults [18], and as observed for TRAP specific CD4+ T cell responses following exposure to malaria parasites [19]. Here, CD40LG is linked to malaria.