TNFSF13B and malaria: The increased BAFF plasma levels that we observed during acute P. falciparum infection is in accordance with previous findings that showed the elevation of BAFF in plasma from acutely malaria‐infected children and during controlled human malaria challenge (CHMI) in malaria‐naive adults 36, 54 as well as in placental tissue from malaria‐infected pregnant women [37) and on various antigen‐presenting cell subsets 54.