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. 2020 Sep:142:109816.
doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109816. Epub 2020 May 6.

Relation between BCG coverage rate and COVID-19 infection worldwide

A Macedo  1 , C Febra  2
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Relation between BCG coverage rate and COVID-19 infection worldwide

A Macedo et al. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Comment in

  • BCG vaccination and COVID-19: Much ado about nothing?
    Caminati M, Furci F, Senna G, Delfino G, Poli A, Bovo C, Patella V. Caminati M, et al. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov;144:110109. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110109. Epub 2020 Jul 15. Med Hypotheses. 2020. PMID: 32758899 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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