VEGFA and malaria: VEGF-A has been proposed as a malaria severity biomarker in plasma and was also detected in brains of malaria patients, but conflicting data regarding VEGF-A expression levels in malaria have been described (Deininger et al., 2003; Armah et al., 2007; Casals-Pascual et al., 2008; Jain et al., 2008; Yeo et al., 2008; Conroy et al., 2010; Medana et al., 2010; Brouwers et al., 2013; Canavese and Spaccapelo, 2014).