Association of bacillus calmette guerin vaccine strains with COVID-19 morbidity and mortality - evaluation of global data

• Main Authors: Vijaya Laxman Chaudhari (Author), Charuta Jaykumar Godbole (Author), Prajakta Parag Gandhe (Author), Nithya Jaideep Gogtay (Author), Urmila Mukund Thatte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Literature suggests that the presence of the current Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) policy appears to mitigate COVID-19 disease burden but no information exists on the nature of the BCG strain and disease burden. Objectives: To study the association between type of BCG strain, BCG covera...