IL7 and malaria: In comparing the ROC for the various molecules, we identified four (4) cytokines (IL-1β, IL-7, IL-12 IL-1RA) and three (3) chemokines (RANTES/CCL5, MIP1β/CCL4, IP10/CXCL10) that were statistically significant and could at the same time differentiate between children with sepsis and clinical malaria and children with sepsis from other febrile controls (Table 2).