The bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination allows the innate immune system to provide protection from severe COVID-19 infection

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Oct 13;117(41):25205-25206. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2015234117. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Vincenzo Patella^{1

2}, Gabriele Delfino³, Dario Bruzzese⁴, Ada Giuliano⁵, Alessandro Sanduzzi^{6

7}

¹ Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Salerno, "Santa Maria della Speranza" Hospital, 84091 Salerno, Italy; info@allergiasalerno3.it.
² Postgraduate Program in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.
³ Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Salerno, "Santa Maria della Speranza" Hospital, 84091 Salerno, Italy.
⁴ Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.
⁵ Laboratory of Toxicology Analysis, Department for the Treatment of Addictions, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Salerno, 84124 Salerno, Italy.
⁶ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Section of Respiratory Disease, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.
⁷ Health Education and Sustainable Development, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, University Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.

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