PfMSP-3 is one of the leading vaccine candidates for malaria vaccine development, but its genetic makeup and evolutionary aspect in the global P. falciparum population are less understood that are other major vaccine candidate antigens, such as MSP-1, MSP-2, apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1), and circumsporozoite surface protein (CSP) of the parasite. Here, ATAD1 is linked to malaria.