Rs7702919

A study of 78 adult Thai patients infected with P. falciparum malaria reported that the TIM1 promoter haplotype comprising three derived alleles, -1637A rs7702919, -1549C rs41297577 and -1454A rs41297579, which were in complete linkage disequilibrium, was significantly associated with protection against cerebral malaria, a major life-threatening complication (OR = 0.41; CI: 0.24-0.71; P= 0.0009).