Lyme disease vaccine is an active immunizing agent using to prevent infection by Lyme disease bacteria. It works by causing your body to produce its own protection - antibodies against the bacteria.
Lyme disease causes rash, fever, weakness and joint and muscle pain. The disease is causing by bacteria passed to humans by the bite of infected ticks.
The risk of getting tick-borne infections can be lessened by such precautions as wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants, tucking pants into socks, treating clothing with tick repellent and checking for and removing attached ticks.
This drug is no longer commercially available.
Another commonly using name is Lyme disease vaccine - recombinant OspA .
*† Not commercially available in the USA and Canada.