IL10 and malaria: In addition, high plasma levels of some inflammatory cytokines, such as Th1 cells-IFN-γ and Th-17 cells-IL-17A, have been shown to correlate with the absence of pregnancy-associated malaria in Cameroonian women [27], while over-expression of IL-10 may be associated with the persistence of malaria parasites in the placenta leading to low birth weight babies [8, 10].