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...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Zakaria Pezeshki, Ehsan Shojaeefar
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research 2020-04-01
Series:Payesh
Subjects:
bcg
Online Access:http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-1339-en.html