Inflammatory proteins seen in malaria MPs but not control sample MPs include Heat shock protein (HSP) 90-alpha, HSP 90-beta, 60 kDa HSP mitochondrial, 70 kDa HSP, HSP beta-1, Transforming growth factor beta-1 induced transcript 1 protein, Macrophage migration inhibitory factor and Transforming growth factor beta-1. This evidence concerns the gene MIF and malaria.