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. 2020 Sep 26;67(3):198-200.
doi: 10.1556/030.2020.01207.

Herd immunization with childhood vaccination may provide protection against COVID-19

Yongqiang Yu  1   2
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Herd immunization with childhood vaccination may provide protection against COVID-19

Yongqiang Yu. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung. .

Abstract

It may take time to obtain a vaccine for the current COVID-19, and the virus genome may keep an evolution and mutations, so a universal and effective vaccine for the coronavirus may not be possible. Epidemiological studies reveal the infection of SARS and COVID-19 in children is less frequent and less severe than in adults. Childhood vaccine-mediated cross cellular immunity and immunomodulation might provide protection against the infections of COVID-19. These data suggest that herd immunization with children vaccines in adults may improve the adult cross cellular immunity and immunomodulation and improve their clinical presentation and prognosis. This can be also useful to cope with future pandemics.

Keywords: COVID-19; childhood vaccination; herd immunization.

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