Although TEP1 is also involved in the killing of ookinetes of the human malaria parasite P. falciparum (Dong et al., 2006), it seems that different P. falciparum strains exhibit different levels of susceptibility to TEP1 through mechanisms that are not completely understood (Molina-Cruz et al., 2012, 2013; Eldering et al., 2016). The gene discussed is TEP1; the disease is malaria.