Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.

Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks::Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.

  • always_gone@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This vaccine may not even be used on humans. It could also be used on other hosts of ticks and may lead to a potential future where the disease gets eradicated.

    It’s always easy to say it’s not important until you’re affected yourself.