The necessity of urgent low-cost epidemiological studies with short duration about the role of BCG vaccine in preventing and controlling of COVID-19 in Iran
Objective (s): Currently there is no effective treatment and vaccine for COVID-19. However, several studies showed that BCG vaccine has long lasting positive non-specific effects on several infectious and autoimmune diseases via ‘trained immunity’ mechanisms. Along with these exceptional properties...
Main Authors: | Mohammad Zakaria Pezeshki, Ehsan Shojaeefar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | fas |
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Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research
2020-04-01
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Series: | Payesh |
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Online Access: | http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-1339-en.html |
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