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The New York Times wrote an article about the Lyme disease vaccine in 1999. It gives a bit of a different perspective. The long and short of it is, it seemed to
by BorgHunter 13y ago
The New York Times wrote an article about the Lyme disease vaccine in 1999. It gives a bit of a different perspective. The long and short of it is, it seemed too new and too much of a pain, and a lot of people didn't see a benefit due to the presence of other tick-borne diseases that necessitated the same checks for ticks even with the vaccine.
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/13/nyregion/lukewarm-response-to-new-lyme-vaccine.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/13/nyregion/lukewarm-response...
- _delirium 13y agoAn interesting feature of lyme disease specifically (unlike some other tick-borne diseases) is that tick checks are very effective, because it doesn't migrate from the tick to the human bloodstream in sufficient quantities to produce infection until around 36-48 hours after attachment. (Source: http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/transmission/ http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/transmission/)
- tocomment 13y agoHmm, so I wonder if short term tick exposure actually functions as a rudimentary vaccine then? It would expose your immune system to the bacteria in very small quantities?