A summary of characteristics of the first wave of new type coronavirus epidemic and potential association with tuberculosis vaccination

CONCLUSION: Although this work clearly demonstrates that during the first wave of the pandemic, fewer infections were reported worldwide in countries where BCG vaccination is obligatory, however, the causal relationship is uncertain, as the countries' past, customs, social organization and economic development are different. Our results support the necessity of comparative contact tracing to clarify how BCG vaccination affects people's susceptibility to this new type of coronavirus as well as their ability to spread and transmit the virus. Orv Hetil. 2021; 162(4): 123-134.PMID:33486464 | DOI:10.1556/650.2021.32107
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