Previously, falciparum malaria pathogenesis has been related to upregulated angiogenic factors VEGF, Ang‐2, and sFLT‐1 along with dysregulated and excessive immune responses (Muehlenbachs, Mutabingwa, Edmonds, Fried, & Duffy, 2006; Silver, Higgins, McDonald, & Kain, 2010). Here, VEGFA is linked to Plasmodium falciparum malaria.