Will bacille Calmette-Guerin immunization arrest the COVID-19 pandemic?

Indian J Med Res. 2020;152(1 & 2):16-20. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1563_20.

Authors

Nasreen Zafar Ehtesham¹, Jasmine Samal¹, Faraz Ahmad¹, Mohd Arish², Farha Naz¹, Anwar Alam¹, Usha Agrawal³, Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain⁴

Affiliations

¹ Inflammation Biology & Cell Signaling Laboratory, ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi 110 029, India.
² Institute of Molecular Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110 062, India.
³ Tumor Biology Laboratory, ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi 110 029, India.
⁴ Institute of Molecular Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110 062; Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500 046, Telangana, India.

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MeSH terms

BCG Vaccine / immunology*
BCG Vaccine / therapeutic use
Betacoronavirus / immunology
Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / immunology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Humans
Immunization
India / epidemiology
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / immunology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

BCG Vaccine