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Scientists were pleasantly surprised to discover that a protein found in human sweat may offer protection against Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne infection in the United States and Europe.

Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

This indicated that their OspA mRNA vaccine also had greater efficacy than an OspA protein vaccine and suggested that clinicians could develop an mRNA-based vaccine to prevent Lyme disease in humans.