KLRC2 and malaria: CD38dim NK cells were also significantly enriched in cells expressing NKG2C, a NK‐specific activating receptor described on adaptive NK cells in the context of CMV infection,53, 54, 55 as demonstrated by in vitro stimulation of malaria‐naïve PBMCs (median frequency 18.9% vs. 7.5%, P < 0.0001; Figure 6c and Supplementary figure 6).