MBL2 and infection: The data show that MBL2 54 GA genotype and allele G support asymptomatic parasite carriage in Asutsuare, which is a low malaria transmission area, where the MBL 54 GA genotype was associated with a 4-fold increase in the likelihood of a person harboring malaria parasites in an asymptomatic infection compared to the individual not having an infection.