Late in the US pandemic, multi-dose BCG vaccines protect against COVID-19 and infectious diseases

Autor: Willem M. Kühtreiber, Emma R. Hostetter, Grace E. Wolfe, Maya S. Vaishnaw, Rachel Goldstein, Emily R. Bulczynski, Neeshi S. Hullavarad, Joan E. Braley, Hui Zheng, Denise L. Faustman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 27, Iss 6, Pp 109881- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109881
Popis: Summary: The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine has many off-target benefits, including protection from diverse infectious diseases. As SARS-CoV-2 evolved, COVID-19 disease became more transmissible and less lethal. In this Phase III double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial conducted late in the pandemic, we tested at-risk US adults with type 1 diabetes if multi-dose BCG protected against COVID-19 and other infectious disease, co-primary outcomes. From April 2021 to November 2022, Tokyo-strain BCG vaccines provided significant protection against COVID-19 disease (p = 0.023) and strong platform protection against all infectious diseases (p
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