IFNA1 and malaria: In addition to being predicted as HLA class I-restricted epitopes, six of the ten positive peptides (LAILSVSSF, SFLFVEALF, SVSSFLFVEA, FLFVEALFQE, GLIMVLSFL, RIKPGSANK) also tested positive experimentally in IFN-ɣ ELISpot assays (identified minimal epitopes underlined) with PBMCs from naïve subjects who have been immunized with DNA or peptide-based malaria vaccines [14].