Increased levels of CXCL8 and CXCL9 as well as reduced levels of CCL5 (also known as RANTES) have been observed in severe malaria patients (Burgmann et al.1995; Ochiel et al.2005; Ayimba et al.2011; Lopera-Mesa et al.2012). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and malaria.