IL1B and malaria: Previous studies assessing associations of IL-1β rs1143634 and malaria susceptibility reported heterogeneous findings in children including an association with higher peripheral parasitaemia in Ghanaian children (n = 461; aged 1–12 years) [70], an association with severe malaria in Gambian children (n = 1420; aged < 5 years) [71], or no significant association with malaria susceptibility in Cameroonian children (n = 1862; aged 1–14 years) [72].