Randomized Trial of BCG Vaccine to Protect against Covid-19 in Health Care Workers

Laure F. Pittet, Nicole L. Messina, Francesca Orsini, +40

New England Journal of Medicine

Neonatal BCG vaccination is associated with a long-term DNA methylation signature in circulating monocytes

Samantha Bannister, Bowon Kim, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, +13

Science Advances

Trained ImmunityAdaptive Immune SystemDna MethylationImmunologyInnate Immune System +14

The Contribution of Non-Conventional T Cells and NK Cells in the Mycobacterial-Specific IFNγ Response in Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-Immunized Infants

Christel Zufferey, Susie Germano, Binita Dutta, +2

PLoS ONE

Study protocol for the Melbourne Infant Study: BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction (MIS BAIR), a randomised controlled trial to determine the non-specific effects of neonatal BCG vaccination in a low-mortality setting

Nicole L. Messina, Kaya Gardiner, Susan Donath, +16

BMJ Open

Cytokine biomarkers for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease in adults in a low prevalence setting

Vanessa Clifford, Marc Tebruegge, Christel Zufferey, +10

Tuberculosis

InflammationLow Prevalence SettingPulmonary TuberculosisAutoimmune DiseaseCytokine Biomarkers +8

Off‐target effects of bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination on immune responses to SARS‐CoV‐2: implications for protection against severe COVID‐19

Nicole L. Messina, Susie Germano, Rebecca McElroy, +7

Clinical & Translational Immunology

BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial (BRACE trial)

Laure F. Pittet, Nicole L. Messina, Kaya Gardiner, +33

BMJ Open

Bystander Activation of CD8⁺T Lymphocytes during Experimental Mycobacterial Infection

Brad Gilbertson, Susie Germano, Pauline M. Steele, +2

Infection and Immunity

Microbial PathogensAdaptive Immune SystemT-regulatory CellImmunologyAntigen Processing +15

The impact of anti-tuberculous antibiotics and corticosteroids on cytokine production in QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube assays

Vanessa Clifford, Christel Zufferey, Susie Germano, +6

Tuberculosis

Quantiferon-tb GoldPulmonary TuberculosisHealth SciencesAntibioticsImmunology +10

Neonatal BCG Vaccination Reduces Interferon-γ Responsiveness to Heterologous Pathogens in Infants From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Bridget Freyne, Nicole L. Messina, Susan Donath, +8

The Journal of Infectious Diseases