BCG vaccine and COVID-19: implications for infection prophylaxis and cancer immunotherapy
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed over 400 000 people globally. Ecological evidence indicates that countries with national universal BCG vaccination programs for tuberculosis (TB) prevention have a much lower incidence of severe COVID-19 and mortality compared with those that do not have such program...
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| Main Authors: | Madhuri Koti, Alvaro Morales, Charles H Graham, David Robert Siemens |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer |
| Online Access: | https://jitc.bmj.com/content/8/2/e001119.full |
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