Re:The Lyme Wars (2013)
by mrfusion on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:19PM
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Does anyone know why we don't develop an immunity to lyme disease after being infected once?
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I was diagnosed with and treated for Lyme a few years ago.
At the time, my physician mentioned that a previous infection would provide "a limited immunity" (exact quote).
Since then, I've had two bulls-eyes but no symptoms (oblig anecdata).
It appears that you develop an immunity only to particular strains of the bug:
Re:The Lyme Wars (2013)
by Lambdanaut on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @04:54PM
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They drill into crevices in muscle tissue and are able to avoid the lymphocytes. It's hard to effectively become immune.