Mean maternal age was ∼25 y, 17.8% were anemic, 13.1% were HIV-positive, 22.4% tested positive for malaria, 41.7% had elevated plasma CRP concentrations, 13.8% had elevated plasma AGP concentrations, and 40.1% had inflammation-corrected plasma selenium concentrations <1.0 μmol/L. Here, CRP is linked to malaria.