Enlarge / A vector ecologist displays a vial of live lone star ticks. (credit: Getty | Ben McCanna) A little over a decade ago, researchers discovered that bites from lone star ticks could cause some people to develop a food allergy to meat and meat products—an allergic condition called alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), which can vary from mild to life-threatening. The condition is named after a carbohydrate called galactose-α-1,3-galactose (aka alpha-gal), which is commonly found on proteins in most mammals—with the important exception of primates, like humans.
Meat Allergy From Tick Bites Is On The Rise—and Us Doctors Are In The Dark
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He didn’t notice that a tiny tick had made its way onto his body through an opening in his shirt. Several days later, an inflamed bulls’-eye rash appeared on his stomach where the arachnid had landed.
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