Open AccessBCG vaccination as protection from COVID-19: epidemiological and molecular biological aspects
Author(s) -
Я. Ш. Шварц,
Н. В. Ставицкая,
Д. А. Кудлай
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tuberkulez i bolezni lëgkih/tuberkulëz i bolezni lëgkih
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.226
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2542-1506
pISSN - 2075-1230
DOI - 10.21292/2075-1230-2020-98-5-6-14
Subject(s) - vaccination , epidemiology , covid-19 , bcg vaccine , action (physics) , environmental health , medicine , virology , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , quantum mechanics
The article presents a review of the recent hypothesis that the national policy of BCG-vaccination affects the spread of COVID-19 in different countries. It contains the information from 70 publications with epidemiological indicators, providing pros and cons of this hypothesis, with the description of possible mechanisms of non-specific antiviral action of BCG vaccine. It is concluded that there are not enough data to verify or refute the hypothesis, and at the moment the use of BCG vaccine to prevent the spread of the infection even in high-risk groups would be unreasonable.