The lL‐10 and G‐CSF levels were positively correlated with parasitaemia in the P. vivax (r = 0.563, P = 0.0006; r = 0.430, P = 0.01, respectively) and P. falciparum (r = 0.428, P = 0.037; r = 0.657, P = 0.002) malaria acute phase. This evidence concerns the gene CSF3 and malaria.