2019
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1913923116
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Lyme disease vaccines face familiar challenges, both societal and scientific

Abstract: Just over 20 years ago, a Lyme disease vaccine called LYMErix was approved for sale in the United States. Researchers designed the vaccine to prevent the transmission of the tick-borne pathogen Borellia burgdorferi, which spurs a bacterial infection that can cause fever, headaches, and joint pain if left untreated. LYMErix was on the market for just four years. Concerns over adverse reactions and a lukewarm reception from public health agencies led the vaccine's manufacturer, SmithKline Beecham, to shelve the … Show more

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“…They are based on whole-lysate antigens or recombinant OspC or OspA protein. In humans, clinical trials are underway in Europe using a modified OspA antigen [ 33 ]. The vaccine is based on six different OspA serotypes of different Borrelia species occurring in the United States and Europe and formulated with aluminum hydroxide [ 34 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They are based on whole-lysate antigens or recombinant OspC or OspA protein. In humans, clinical trials are underway in Europe using a modified OspA antigen [ 33 ]. The vaccine is based on six different OspA serotypes of different Borrelia species occurring in the United States and Europe and formulated with aluminum hydroxide [ 34 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was hypothesized that the vaccine antigen, outer surface protein A (OspA), behaves as an autoantigen and therefore was arthritogenic. The adverse side effects were however never fully confirmed (Shaffer 2019).…”
Section: Prophylactic Treatment Strategiesmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…The mechanism of action of this and other Osp-A based vaccines is antibody-mediated blocking of the transmission of Borreliella spirochetes from infected ticks while feeding on a human host (298,299). Public demand and acceptance of the vaccine was low for a variety of factors reviewed elsewhere (300)(301)(302)(303)(304) and Lymerix was pulled from the market by its manufacturer, Smith-Kline Beecham in 2002. Interest from industry waned and other efforts to develop Lyme vaccine candidates were also abandoned, including those by MedImmune, Baxter and Connaught Laboratories (300).…”
Section: Human Vaccinementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a similar approach, a prototype vaccine that uses bacterial ferritin nanoparticles fused with seven serotypes of OspA molecules from Bb, B. afzelii, B. bavariensis and B. garinii recently showed durable high-titer antibody response in both mouse and rhesus macaque animal models (309). In both vaccine candidates, the antigenic residues in Osp-A serotype 1 that were previously suspected (221) but never shown to be cross-reactive were removed (304,309).…”
Section: Human Vaccinementioning
confidence: 99%