Is global BCG vaccination-induced trained immunity relevant to the progression of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

2020-07-01

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Citation Formats
M. Gürsel, “Is global BCG vaccination-induced trained immunity relevant to the progression of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?,” ALLERGY, pp. 1815–1819, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/35145.