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ArticleNPJ vaccines2026

Developing a durable, memory-driven, CspZ-targeting Lyme disease vaccine by rational adjuvant selection.

Miranda McCarty, Sergio A Hernández, Jill Malfetano, Ana Carolina Leão, Maria Jose Villar, Xiuli Yang, Yi-Lin Chen, Jungsoon Lee, Zhuyun Liu, Ulrich Strych and 5 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

15 authors.

Miranda McCarty *Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA.
Sergio A Hernández *Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA.
Jill MalfetanoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH, Albany, NY, USA.
Ana Carolina LeãoDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Maria Jose VillarDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Xiuli YangDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Yi-Lin ChenDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Jungsoon LeeDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Zhuyun LiuDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ulrich StrychDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Maria Elena BottazziDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Utpal PalDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Klemen StrleDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
Wen-Hsiang ChenDepartment of Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Wen-Hsiang.Chen@bcm.edu.
Yi-Pin LinDepartment of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA. Yi-Pin.Lin@tufts.edu.

Funding

Multivalent Tick-Microbe targeted Lyme disease vaccinesR01AI154542 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL, SCHNELL, MATTHIAS JOHANNES · 2020 to 2025
$3.5M
Microbial Determinants of Excessive Inflammation and Severe Lyme DiseaseR01AI181904 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI STRLE, KLEMEN · 2025 to 2025
$3.3M
Immunomodulatory mechanisms of wild bird reservoir hosts that facilitate persistence of Lyme disease bacteriaR01AI181746 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Yi-Pin Lin · 2024 to 2026
$2.5M
Defining Host Genetic Factors in Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Lyme DiseaseR21AI144916 · NIAID · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI LIN, YI-PIN, STRLE, KLEMEN · 2019 to 2020
$449k
Identification of the mechanism of protection against a B. burgdorferi protein CspZ for the prevention of Lyme diseaseR21AI144891 · NIAID · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI BOTTAZZI, MARIA ELENA, LIN, YI-PIN · 2020 to 2021
$441k
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs W81XWH-20-1-0913National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01AI154542National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01AI181746National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21AI144891NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI154542NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI181746NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI181904NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144891NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rational adjuvant selection is a systematic approach based on adjuvant-mediated immunomodulation to identify safe vaccine regimens that enhance protective immunity. Transmitted through ticks and caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere. There are no approved human vaccines, making it suitable for testing the concept of rational adjuvant selection. Here, we formulated our previously developed and effective LD vaccine antigen, CspZ-YA

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PMID42143044
PMCPMC13482586

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