Is the bcg vaccine an answer to future pandemic preparedness?

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  • who: Nadia H. Khan and colleagues from the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine have published the research: Is the BCG Vaccine an Answer to Future Pandemic Preparedness?, in the Journal: Vaccines 2022, 10, 201. of 27/Nov/2021
  • how: Trained immunity via bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination (an antigen agnostic strategy) offers a potential intervention against future novel pathogens via an existing safe and widely distributed vaccine to protect vulnerable populations and preserve health system capacity while targeted vaccines are developed and implemented.

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