Relationship between antibody‐dependent respiratory burst (ADRB) and antibody responses in cerebral malaria cases. Immunoglobulin (Ig)G antibody responses against merozoite extract (ME), merozoite surface proteins (MSP)1, MSP4, MSP2, MSP3 and MSP5 and IgM response to ME are shown as box‐whisker plots, representing median with 25th and 75th percentile (boxes) and 10th and 90th percentiles (whiskers). ADRB levels in cerebral malaria (CM) are shown (i) as function of outcome: surviving (empty and light grey) versus fatal (black and dark grey) and (ii) as function of low versus high level of antibody responses (left versus right boxes = under or above median level of responses). Brackets with asterisk indicate significant different levels of IgG responses (**P < 0·01; *P < 0·05).