When taken together with the observation that haemoglobin concentrations were not significantly different from those in uninfected children, and that ferritin and transferrin concentrations were within the normal range for healthy children [34, 47], these data suggest that haemolysis is well tolerated in children with subclinical malaria infections and that the children are iron sufficient and able to mount a sufficient erythropoietic response to sustain red cell counts and haemoglobin concentrations. This evidence concerns the gene TF and infection.