MICA and cytomegalovirus infection: Of note, focusing exclusively on recipients who were NKG2D rs1049174 C positive (exhibiting higher NKG2D-mediated effector cell cytotoxicity) and additionally received an allograft positive for the MICA-129 Met allelic variant (exhibiting increased receptor binding affinity), chi-square test revealed a significant hazard from CMV infection/disease (p = 0.023; OR = 4.4; 95% CI 1.1–15.5).