Relation between BCG coverage rate and COVID-19 infection worldwide

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109816

. 2020 Sep:142:109816.

doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109816. Epub 2020 May 6.

Relation between BCG coverage rate and COVID-19 infection worldwide

A Macedo¹, C Febra²

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¹ DCBM Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Edifício 2, R/C, Ala-Norte Gab. 1.59, Faro, Portugal; Keypoint, Consultoria Científica, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: amacedo@keypoint.pt.
² Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

PMID: 32408071
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109816

Relation between BCG coverage rate and COVID-19 infection worldwide

A Macedo et al. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep:142:109816.

doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109816. Epub 2020 May 6.

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A Macedo¹, C Febra²

Affiliations

¹ DCBM Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Edifício 2, R/C, Ala-Norte Gab. 1.59, Faro, Portugal; Keypoint, Consultoria Científica, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: amacedo@keypoint.pt.
² Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

PMID: 32408071
PMCID: PMC7201219
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109816

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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1. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries (accessed in 4/4/2020 at 13.00 pm GMT).
1. WHO/UNICEF national immunization coverage estimates, 2018 revision; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019.
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[1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries (accessed in 4/4/2020 at 13.00 pm GMT).

[2] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries (accessed in 4/4/2020 at 13.00 pm GMT).

[3] WHO/UNICEF national immunization coverage estimates, 2018 revision; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019.

[4] WHO/UNICEF national immunization coverage estimates, 2018 revision; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019.

[5] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/childvaxview/datarepo... (accessed 4/4/2020).

[6] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/childvaxview/datarepo... (accessed 4/4/2020).

[7] Zwerling A., Behr M.A., Verma A., Brewer T.F., Menzies D., Pai M. The BCG World Atlas: a database of global BCG vaccination policies and practices. PLoS Med. 2011;8(3) - PMC - PubMed

[8] Zwerling A., Behr M.A., Verma A., Brewer T.F., Menzies D., Pai M. The BCG World Atlas: a database of global BCG vaccination policies and practices. PLoS Med. 2011;8(3) - PMC - PubMed

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