Antibodies against MSP-1 and AMA-1 antigens are potential markers of both exposure to P. falciparum and protection against the disease [7, 13] and have proven to be informative, in areas where transmission has dropped to low sustained levels, for monitoring the timing and magnitude of transmission reduction [13] as well as in obtaining epidemiological information in malaria control programmes [14]. Here, ATAD1 is linked to malaria.