if the Lyme vaccine triggers severe arthritis in some patients

March 2001

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

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

Some researchers think this is an autoimmune response...triggered by the OspA protein on the Lyme disease spirochete.

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