Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID-19

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.14097" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.14097</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14097" target="_blank" >10.1111/tbed.14097</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID-19

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Current results do not provide conclusive evidence on the effect of BCG vaccination on COVID-19 alone or in combination with other factors. To address this limitation, in this study we used a citizen science initiative on the COVID-19 pandemic to collect data worldwide during 2 October 2020-30 October 2020 (1,233 individuals) in a structured way for analysing factors and characteristics of affected individuals in relation to BCG vaccination. For the first time, the results of our study suggested that vaccination with BCG may increase the risk for COVID-19 at certain age, particularly in individuals vaccinated at childhood. Childhood BCG vaccination increased the likelihood of being diagnosed with COVID-19 fivefold in COVID-19 low-incidence countries and threefold in high-incidence countries. A reasonable explanation for this effect is the activation of certain innate immunity mechanisms associated with inflammatory reactions. These factors should be considered when analysing the risks associated with this global pandemic.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID-19

Popis výsledku anglicky

Current results do not provide conclusive evidence on the effect of BCG vaccination on COVID-19 alone or in combination with other factors. To address this limitation, in this study we used a citizen science initiative on the COVID-19 pandemic to collect data worldwide during 2 October 2020-30 October 2020 (1,233 individuals) in a structured way for analysing factors and characteristics of affected individuals in relation to BCG vaccination. For the first time, the results of our study suggested that vaccination with BCG may increase the risk for COVID-19 at certain age, particularly in individuals vaccinated at childhood. Childhood BCG vaccination increased the likelihood of being diagnosed with COVID-19 fivefold in COVID-19 low-incidence countries and threefold in high-incidence countries. A reasonable explanation for this effect is the activation of certain innate immunity mechanisms associated with inflammatory reactions. These factors should be considered when analysing the risks associated with this global pandemic.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30303 - Infectious Diseases

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

ISSN

1865-1674

e-ISSN

1865-1682

Svazek periodika

68

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

3114-3119

Kód UT WoS článku

000641396500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85104653447