Multiple drugmakers are developing vaccines that could help people avoid the many troubling symptoms of Lyme disease, the tick-borne illness.
is caused by bacteria that humans can get from the bite of blacklegged ticks, which are a specific type that typically live in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states, North Central states, and on the West Coast. Symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and skin rash, but they can worsen to become issues with joints, the nervous system, and the heart, the CDC says.
Ticks are more active during warmer months, and the current ways to prevent Lyme disease are to wear insect repellent and remove ticks promptly, according to the CDC. There is no definitive count of how many cases of Lyme disease occur annually because testing can be a challenge. But one , which was based on insurance claims data, showed that 476,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease annually.is underway in which scientists are seeking ways to detect active Lyme disease infections in people.
Lyme disease vaccines have been available for dogs for years, and a human version was FDA-approved in 1998. But the company that made the human vaccine pulled it from the market 3 years later, after“The primary reason is there was immense anti-vaccine sentiment about the vaccine, much like we had with measles vaccine. It's illogical,” said Gregory A.
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