HAVCR2 and parasitic infectious disease: TIM-3 expression on the two subsets (Vδ1+ and Vδ2) also correlated positively with parasitemia from placenta tissue impression smear and placental blood parasitemia in PBMC and CBMC (0.332 ≤ rs ≤ 0.394, 0.005 ≤ p ≤ 0.023) and in CBMC for Vδ1-Vδ2- subset (rs= 0.395, p= 0.006 and rs= 0.404; p= 0.005; respectively) (Figure 3 and Tables 2–4).