Can existing live vaccines prevent COVID-19?

Science. 2020 Jun 12;368(6496):1187-1188. doi: 10.1126/science.abc4262.

Authors

Konstantin Chumakov^{1

2}, Christine S Benn³, Peter Aaby⁴, Shyamasundaran Kottilil⁵, Robert Gallo^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA. [email protected].
² Global Virus Network, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ OPEN and Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Bandim Health Project, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
⁵ Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 32527819
DOI: 10.1126/science.abc4262

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Humans
Mass Vaccination / methods*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / immunology*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Vaccines, Attenuated / immunology*
Vaccines, Live, Unattenuated / immunology*

Substances

Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
Vaccines, Attenuated
Vaccines, Live, Unattenuated