An open call for influenza vaccination pending the new wave of COVID‐19
Reşat Özaras, Rasım Cırpın, Habibe Duman, Arif Duran, Özgür Arslan, Hakan Leblebicioğlu
Abstract
the lower the death from COVID-19. There might be several explanations of this association: vaccination against influenza can foster the immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) considering the similarity of the quality of immunity toward both viruses. Besides this cross-reactivity effect, the antiinfluenza immune responses can induce bystander immunity, which can be expected to nonspecifically augment immunity against other viral infections including as SARS-CoV-2. 11
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Emergency departmentMedicineFamily medicineHealth departmentPublic healthPathologyNursingInfluenza Virus Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies