Vaccination against Lyme disease: past, present and future

Lyme borreliosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato bacteria transmitted to humans and domestic animals by the bite of an Ixodes spp. tick (deer tick). Despite improvements in diagnostic tests and public awareness of Lyme disease, the reported cases have increased over...

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Main Authors: Monica E Embers, Sukanya eNarasimhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00006/full