Among the 60 children who had malaria, 8.3% had anti‐epo antibodies in their serum, and within the subgroup of 30 malarial anaemia patients, 5.0% had anti‐epo antibodies compared to 3.37% within the subgroup of malaria without anaemia, but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.640). The gene discussed is EPO; the disease is malaria.