Worldwide inverse correlation between Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunization and COVID-19 mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to all countries in the world, and different countries have been impacted differently. The study aims to understand what factors contribute to different COVID-19 impacts at the country level.

Methods

Multivariate statistical analyses were used to evaluate COVID-19 deaths and cases relative to nine other demographic and socioeconomic factors in all countries and regions of the world using data as of August 1, 2020. The factors analyzed in the study include a country's total COVID-19 deaths and cases per million population, per capita gross domestic product (GDP), population density, virus tests per million population, median age, government response stringency index, hospital beds availability per thousand po

SUBMITTER: Li WX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7831629 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature