IL6 and parasitic infectious disease: On the other hand, the IL-6 level was significantly lower in HIV seropositive pregnant women without (1.83 ± 0.55) and HIV seronegative pregnant women with malaria (1.80 ± 0.57) compared with HIV seronegative pregnant women without malaria parasitemia (2.34 ± 0.90) (p=0.023, 0.016, respectively).