CXCL9 and malaria: However, for the malaria group, four distinct correlation patterns were observed; first pattern (CCL4, CCL2, CCL3, IL12 and IL2), second pattern (IL-17A, IL-1β, CCL11, IL4), third pattern (IL5, IL7, IL13), and fourth pattern (IL1RA, CXCL10, TNFα, IL2R, CXCL9, IL6).