Using BCG vaccine to enhance non-specific protection of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Denmark
Abstract Objectives: The Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis is associated with non- specific protective effects against other infections, and significant reductions in all-cause morbidity and mortality have been reported. We aim to test whether BCG vaccination may reduce susc...
Main Authors: | Anne Marie Rosendahl Madsen, Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, Thomas Benfield, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Lars Skov Dalgaard, Christine Dam, Sisse Bolm Ditlev, Gulia Faizi, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Poul-Erik Kofoed, Gitte Schultz Kristensen, Ellen Christine Leth Loekkegaard, Christian Backer Mogensen, Libin Mohamed, Anne Ostenfeld, Emilie Sundhaugen Oedegaard, Marcus Kjaer Soerensen, Christian Wejse, Aksel Karl Georg Jensen, Sebastian Nielsen, Tyra Grove Krause, Mihai G. Netea, Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | Trials |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04714-3 |
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