IL13 and malaria: Even though a previous study demonstrated that variants within the IL-13 (-1055C/T) promoter was associated with severe malaria in an adult Thai population [31], likely through alterations in the binding of transcription factor (NF-AT) on the IL-13 promoter region thereby leading to differential production of IL-13 levels, no study to date had determined the role of -7402 T/G and -4729G/A in altering IL-13 production in children with malaria.