CD36 and infection: Consistent with this, CD14+CD16- and CD14+CD16hi blood monocytes from children with acute malaria show impaired expression of CD36 and reduced phagocytic capacity in vitro compared to samples isolated from children six weeks after recovery [77], therefore suggesting that lower CD36 expression by two population of monocytes (CD14+CD16− and CD14+CD16+) is related to severity of the infection and consequent death [78].