Immunology Investigators: Why the Lyme Disease Vaccine Didn't Work
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Why is There Still no Human Vaccine Against Lyme Borreliosis?
Lyme disease, transmitted by ticks, is a complex illness that can be difficult to diagnose but easy to treat in most early cases, yet difficult in its latest stage. Every year, infections with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes cause thousands of new cases of illness around the world, including people with a normal immunological reaction. Prevention in the form of vaccines is difficult...
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عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.660.5