The failure to observe any significant difference in the mean Hb between children coinfected with IPI and those without could be attributed to the overall high prevalence of anaemia in this study as illustrated by the mean Hb 10.6(±1.8) for which there are many other causes including malnutrition, which is very rampant in and around communities in Buea. Here, GSTM1 is linked to anemia.