However the group of 53 asymptomatic infants who were able to control asymptomatic malaria infection presented higher antibody levels to AMA1, MSP1, MSP2-FC27, GLURP-R2 and MSP3 than infants from the symptomatic group, underlying the possibility of a very early establishment of naturally acquire immunity against clinical malaria. Here, ATAD1 is linked to malaria.