Fiction and Facts about BCG Imparting Trained Immunity against COVID-19

Fiction and Facts about BCG Imparting Trained Immunity against COVID-19

The Bacille Calmette-Guérin or BCG vaccine, the only vaccine available against <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> can induce a marked Th1 polarization of T-cells, characterized by the antigen-specific secretion of IFN-γ and enhanced antiviral response. A number of studies have supported t...

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Main Authors: Gurpreet Kaur, Sanpreet Singh, Sidhanta Nanda, Mohammad Adeel Zafar, Jonaid Ahmad Malik, Mohammad Umar Arshi, Taruna Lamba, Javed Naim Agrewala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
innate immunity
BCG
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
vaccines
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/7/1006

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