What you need to know about Lyme disease For years, Lyme disease has been underdiagnosed, and the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control indicate incidences are much higher than previously thought. The typical bulls-eye rash is often accompanied by symptoms such as body aches and arthritis. NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.

Baxter has been in bed with the CDC for years. I believe the recent “apology” from the CDC on Lyme under-reporting will become the pillar stone of the future PR campaign for the Lyme vaccine. I’ll bet you $100 I am right! Any takers?

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-universal-lyme-disease-vaccine-on-the-horizon-081213

An excerpt:

Luft told Healthline that the key to creating the vaccine was to bioengineer a protein not found in nature. Using the scaffolding of a protein known as OspA, which is found on Borrelia's outer surface when it lives in ticks, the scientists created a new fusion protein called a chimera. The chimera contains proteins from a wide range of Borrelia bacteria, making the vaccine effective against many different strains.

Remember how Jurassic Park ended? "Nature" always find a way. Especially in the case of the highly complex, adaptable Borrelia genome.