Looking for a Vaccine to Defang the Lyme Tick. James Gorman.
by Gorman, James; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 12Health. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Lyme disease | Medicine -- Preventive | Ticks -- Control | Ticks as carriers of disease | Vaccines -- ResearchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "More than 16,000 people become infected with the Lyme disease spirochete each year....The disease is rarely fatal, but can cause neurological problems if not treated promptly. Lyme disease is here to stay, experts say, but anything that can reduce tick numbers or fight infection would save thousands of people from a potentially damaging illness." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article describes the efforts by scientists to develop a vaccine, "not against the bacteria that causes Lyme...but against the tick itself."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Looking for a Vaccine to Defang the Lyme Tick, May 20, 2003; pp. D1+.
"More than 16,000 people become infected with the Lyme disease spirochete each year....The disease is rarely fatal, but can cause neurological problems if not treated promptly. Lyme disease is here to stay, experts say, but anything that can reduce tick numbers or fight infection would save thousands of people from a potentially damaging illness." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article describes the efforts by scientists to develop a vaccine, "not against the bacteria that causes Lyme...but against the tick itself."
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