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Comment
. 2020 Dec;92(6):e12947.
doi: 10.1111/sji.12947. Epub 2020 Aug 27.

The effect of BCG vaccine in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

Ahmed M Abbas  1   2 , Asmaa AbouBakr  2   3 , Nermeen Bahaa  2   3 , Sherry Michael  2   3 , Marco Ghobrial  4 , Mai E AbuElmagd  2   3 , Omar A Ahmed  5 , Radwa A AbdelWahab  6 , Asmaa S Shaltout  6
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The effect of BCG vaccine in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

Ahmed M Abbas et al. Scand J Immunol. 2020 Dec.
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