From Medical Express: A Lyme Vaccine is in Late-Stage Trials. Could an Anti-Tick Vaccine be Next?
A Lyme vaccine is in late-stage trials. Could an anti-tick vaccine be next?
By Cynthia McCormick Hibbert, July 1, 2024
As a vaccine against Lyme disease enters late-stage clinical trials, scientists around the globe are already looking beyond Lyme and exploring the possibility of an anti-tick vaccine that could effectively protect against all kinds of tick-borne diseases.
The research centers around a weird—and some would say wonderful—phenomenon called acquired tick resistance (ATR).