Ditto. I actually got the LYMERix vaccine in 2001-ish. I also got infected with Lyme in Germany a few years ago. Simple course of antibiotics treated it. Lyme seems to be a much bigger problem in...
Ditto. I actually got the LYMERix vaccine in 2001-ish. I also got infected with Lyme in Germany a few years ago. Simple course of antibiotics treated it. Lyme seems to be a much bigger problem in Germany (perhaps t/out the EU) than health providers seem to realize. Very often goes unreported here.
Yeah ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasingly becoming a problem in France as well. I haven't caught Lyme's but I spend a lot of time outdoors in the wild so it's only a matter of time... I...
Yeah ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasingly becoming a problem in France as well. I haven't caught Lyme's but I spend a lot of time outdoors in the wild so it's only a matter of time... I hope they don't assume it's not a problem in Europe and make access to the vaccine difficult.
Four doses of an experimental vaccine to protect against Lyme disease reduced the number of tick-borne infections by more than 70 percent, according to Pfizer and Valneva, the pharmaceutical companies developing the shot.
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Pfizer said in a statement the companies are “confident in the vaccine’s potential” and plan to submit the data to regulatory authorities seeking approval. If successful, it could become the only Lyme disease vaccine available for people — although it would not be the first.
A previous Lyme disease vaccine, called LYMErix, was approved in 1998. But it became controversial because of reports of adverse events following vaccination, and it was pulled from the market four years later due to poor sales.
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The results of the trial, which tested the vaccine against a placebo in 9,400 people ages 5 and up, have not yet been published or peer reviewed. Pfizer said in its statement that its late-stage clinical trial just missed a statistical cutoff for success, because there were fewer than expected cases of Lyme disease in the trial.
I am excited for this and even tried to join the clinical trial but wasn't selected. With the increased prevalence of ticks in my area I hope that there will be efforts towards vaccines for some...
I am excited for this and even tried to join the clinical trial but wasn't selected. With the increased prevalence of ticks in my area I hope that there will be efforts towards vaccines for some of the other tick-borne diseases. Right now tick season is always slightly stressful, and while I would still be doing my daily tick checks, having some extra defense would be nice for peace of mind. Especially with how challenging finding nymphs is.
When this becomes available I swear I'll be first in line to get it. Really hoping it becomes available soon!
Ditto. I actually got the LYMERix vaccine in 2001-ish. I also got infected with Lyme in Germany a few years ago. Simple course of antibiotics treated it. Lyme seems to be a much bigger problem in Germany (perhaps t/out the EU) than health providers seem to realize. Very often goes unreported here.
Yeah ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasingly becoming a problem in France as well. I haven't caught Lyme's but I spend a lot of time outdoors in the wild so it's only a matter of time... I hope they don't assume it's not a problem in Europe and make access to the vaccine difficult.
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I am excited for this and even tried to join the clinical trial but wasn't selected. With the increased prevalence of ticks in my area I hope that there will be efforts towards vaccines for some of the other tick-borne diseases. Right now tick season is always slightly stressful, and while I would still be doing my daily tick checks, having some extra defense would be nice for peace of mind. Especially with how challenging finding nymphs is.