Ecuador's environment minister said the country will deploy all available resources to minimize the impact on the Galapagos' unique ecosystem.
The vaccine candidate was safe and produced a strong but waning immune response against the six most common strains of the Borrelia burgdorferi.
The USDA has conditionally licensed an oral vaccine designed to limit the spread of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
The results of a randomized clinical trial in Slovenia suggest that a 7-day course of antibiotics for a rash caused by Lyme disease is noninferior to a 14-day course, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Among the findings: abundant acorns and few predators of rodents help boost tick levels.
