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. 2022 Jul 8:13:953228.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.953228. eCollection 2022.

The Natural Effect of BCG Vaccination on COVID-19: The Debate Continues

Wenping Gong  1   2 , Huiru An  1   2 , Jie Wang  1   2 , Peng Cheng  1   2 , Yong Qi  3
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The Natural Effect of BCG Vaccination on COVID-19: The Debate Continues

Wenping Gong et al. Front Immunol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin); COVID-19; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; clinical trial; hospitalization; protective effect.

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