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Tick that can cause meat allergy may be spreading: What to know
(NEXSTAR) — A tick known to cause meat and dairy allergies appears to be continuing its northward spread, prompting new reminders from health officials. The lone star tick, found primarily in ...
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Interview with Dr. Goudarz Molaei on range expansion of the lone star tick and other tick species and implications for human health.
Goudarz Molaei is a research scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and an associate clinical professor in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale ...
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The tick that makes people allergic to red meat with one bite seems to be spreading
The allergy to mammalian meat like beef, pork, and lamb that's spread by a bite from a lone star tick is different. "The weird thing about [this reaction] is it can occur within three to 10 or 12 ...
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Thousands of people are now allergic to meat because of tick bites. An expert says 'this is just the tip of the iceberg.'
The cause is the lone star tick; one-quarter of an inch in length, one bite from this tick can result in an red meat allergy to red meat — and sometimes meat byproducts like dairy — that lasts ...
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Ticking all the boxes: Mild winter, other factors could boost tick population yet again
Exotic southern species like the Gulf Coast tick and the lone star tick are being detected in New York and other northern states, for example. But the tick that experts warn of the most is a ...
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Alpha-gal syndrome: Meat allergy linked to tick bites rising, CDC says
US scientists have traced alpha-gal to saliva from the lone star tick. The tick is identified by the white spot on its back and is mostly found in southern and eastern parts of the US. But experts ...
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What does a lone star tick look like? CDC warns of alpha-gal syndrome, red-meat allergies, rash The CDC has warned that hundreds of thousand of Americans may have developed alpha-gal syndrome ...