Relationship between Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccination Policy and Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Incidence

Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) was designed for protecting children against tuberculosis. Also, it can protect against other infectious diseases through the induction of trained immunity. Due to its heterologous protective effects, the BCG vaccine has been proposed as atreatment option for coronavi...

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Main Authors: Soheila Alyasin, Zahra Kanannejad, Hossein Esmaeilzadeh, Hesamedin Nabavizadeh, Mohammad Amin Ghatee, Reza Amin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
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Online Access:https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/2855