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Article: Tick bites: commonsense precautions remain your best defense against the dangers of Lyme disease. (includes related articles on Lyme disease prevention)
- Article from:
- Country Living
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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If shade trees and summer sunshine are beckoning you to go and enjoy the outdoors but the fear of deer ticks and Lyme disease makes you pause, take heart - a new Lyme disease vaccine is in the works. Two pharmaceutical companies, Pasteur Merieux Connaught and Smith-Kline Beecham, have recently completed trials of vaccines, one or both of which will likely become available within the next year. For now, though, Lyme disease is still a very real danger, and prevention and common sense remain your best defenses.
Lyme disease was first identified in 1975 after an outbreak of arthritis cases near Lyme, Conn., was discovered to have a common cause: a type of bacterium ...