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Can BCG be useful to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic? A Canadian perspective

There is ample evidence from in vitro, animal and human studies that the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine epigenetically reprograms innate immunity to provide “off target” protection against pathogens other than mycobacteria. This process has been termed “trained immunity”. Although recent eco...

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Autores principales: De Wals, Philippe, Menzies, Dick, Divangahi, Maziar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33211246
http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00439-7