Correlation between COVID-19 case fatality rate and percentage of BCG vaccination: is it true the vaccine is protective?

Correlation between COVID-19 case fatality rate and percentage of BCG vaccination: is it true the vaccine is protective?

Abstract Background The observations of some recent epidemiological studies offer hope for a reduced impact of COVID-19 for countries which practice universal BCG vaccination policy. Main body This report provides a correlation between the case fatality rates of COVID-19 and the percentage of BCG va...

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Main Authors: Aliae A. R. Mohamed Hussein, Marwa Rashad Salem, Samar Salman, A F Abdulrahim, Nasrallah A. Al Massry, Mahmoud Saad, Nesrine Ben Hadj Dahman, Ahmed Negida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Subjects:
Coronavirus disease
SARS-Cov-2
COVID-19
BCG vaccination
Tuberculosis vaccine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43168-020-00022-1

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