IL17A and malaria: As shown, 31 KEGG terms including ‘Malaria’, ‘IL-17 signaling pathway’, ‘Complement and coagulation cascades’, etc. were positively associated with the pathological state, while 25 terms including ‘propanoate metabolism’, ‘valine, leucine, and isoleucine degradation’, and ‘Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)’, etc. were negatively associated with the disease progression (Figure 6(a,b)).