Although there was no significant difference in genotypic frequency between groups for the STAT6 (rs3024974) gene, we did however observe a higher frequency of wild type G/G (74.4%) and heterozygote G/A (20.1%) variants in the control group, while the opposite (higher frequency of homozygous recessive variant A/A) was seen in the malaria group (8.7% versus 5.6% for the malaria and control groups, respectively (Table 1). The gene discussed is STAT6; the disease is malaria.