The Risk of Becoming Allergic to Meat After a Tick Bite May Be Higher Than Thought
New research from the CDC is exposing surprising new culprits behind a growing meat allergy. The tick menace is even worse ...
CDC Studies In Washington And Maine Find Rare Meat Allergy Now Linked To Tick Bites From Two More Species
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning that a rare red meat allergy is now being ...
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Several Species Of Ticks Transmit A Rare And Potentially Deadly Red Meat Allergy
Scientists have long thought that only one species of tick found in the United States, the lone star tick, could […] ...
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Multiple species of ticks in the US can transmit red meat allergy, CDC reports reveal
However, new reports of the allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, show that the much more widespread black-legged ticks (Ixodes) can also transmit the disease. The new case reports suggest that ...
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Some cases are also reported from northern California, Oregon, and Washington, where it is spread by Ixodes pacificus ticks. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/ Rickettsia (RMSF) Rocky Mountain Spotted ...
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A meat allergy caused by ticks may be popping up in new parts of the U.S.
A related tick, Ixodes pacificus, or the western black-legged tick, was also linked to the Washington case. The CDC’s map of suspected cases — which shows high concentrations in Alabama ...
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Ticks carrying Lyme disease may have infiltrated Montana; found on bird dog
Ixodes pacificus that lives along the Pacific Coast). Although more often found on the East Coast and in the Midwest, the species is gradually hitching a slow ride farther west. What’s more ...