3 The mean unbound QN fraction was significantly less (P < 0.00001) in patients with malaria (0.128 ± 0.037) than in controls (0.193 ± 0.051) and significantly higher (P = 0.02) in convalescence (0.153 ± 0.067) than during acute illness. 4 There were highly significant negative correlations between plasma AGP concentration and the free QN fraction in spiked plasma samples (r = -0.534, P < 0.0001, n = 93) and in clinical samples (r = -0.484, P < 0.00001, n = 225). There was a significant positive correlation between plasma concentrations of AGP and another acute phase reactant, C reactive protein (P < 0.001).