Linear regression (Table 4) indicated that having single or multiple episodes of malaria from birth to 18 months of age was associated with significantly higher antibody levels for MSP1, MSP2 and schizont extract in unadjusted analysis (p ≤ 0.047) and for MSP1 and schizont extract in adjusted analysis (p < 0.0001) for 18 months old children. The gene discussed is ATAD1; the disease is malaria.