IL2 and malaria: In addition, significantly higher levels of IL-2 were detected in children (8.2 {8.2; 54.93} pg/mL), travelers (17.03 {8.2; 27.42} pg/mL) and expatriates (15.77 {8.2; 19.7} pg/mL) compared to malaria-exposed adults (8.2 {8.2; 8.2} pg/mL; P = 0.0379, P = 0.0003, P = 0.0144, respectively).