When median plasma cytokine levels of IL-6 were compared across groups, the results showed that co-infected individuals showed higher (P < 0.05) levels of IL-6 (100.9 pg/ml) as compared to Plasmodium falciparum malaria infected individuals (63.7 pg/ml) and soil borne helminths infected individuals (45.37 pg/ml, Fig. 2b). The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is Plasmodium falciparum malaria.