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In the past few years, asparagine-rich merozoite antigen (PfARMA) has emerged as a potential vaccine candidate due to its low amino acid sequence diversity and the association between anti-PfARMA antibody levels and protection to malaria. Here, we used samples from\n                  <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                  -exposed individuals to study naturally acquired B cell and antibody responses to PfARMA. B cell responses to PfARMA were dominated by IgM\n                  <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                  B cells that recognized the N-terminal intrinsically disordered region 1 (IDR1) of PfARMA. A human monoclonal antibody (hmAb) to IDR1 was non-neutralizing, while a second hmAb binding to the folded domain showed weak neutralizing activity. Both PfARMA-specific plasma IgM and IgG responses predominately targeted IDR1 and their levels increased with\n                  <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                  exposure. However, in contrast to previous reports, these antibody responses did not correlate with protection in age and exposure-matched children. Interestingly, approximately 30% of unexposed individuals had IgG that also targeted IDR1 and was polyreactive, binding to regions with high asparagine content. Finally, we determined that PfARMA is located in or near PfEBA-175\n                  <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                  micronemes. 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