Lyme vaccine Lymerix might trigger severe arthritis

March 2001

Experts are now trying to determine if the Lyme vaccine Lymerix might trigger severe arthritis in some patients.

Lyme disease causes severe arthritis in about 10% of patients.

Some researchers think that the OspA protein of the Lyme disease spirochete triggers this autoimmune response.

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