Lyme disease vaccine? Tick saliva found to protect mice from Lyme disease

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 12:35 in Health & Medicine

A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, researchers have discovered. The findings may spur development of a new vaccine against infection from Lyme disease, which is spread through tick bites.

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