Rare meat allergy linked to ticks found across US

Created: 2021-07-02T18:46:41-05:00

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• Contact with a tick can cause meat allergies.

The results showed that people living in regions where lone star ticks are found were 32 percent more likely to have antibodies of a type called "alpha-gal IgE," which are involved in the allergy.