TLR4 and infection: The activation of the Toll pathway and specifically cecropin‐analogs may kill Plasmodium parasites (Frolet et al., 2006; Jaynes et al., 1988) and disrupt sporogonic development by aborting the normal development of oocysts (Gwadz et al., 1989; Kim et al., 2004), which could reduce the parasite load in posterior infection stages.