Butler suspected she had alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that can develop in response to the bite of a lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). The diagnosis was later confirmed by lab testing.

In 2021, researcher Goudarz Molaei and others published a study showing that the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum)—the primary vector of R. parkeri in the U.S.—had established a population ...

Ticks are bad news in general, but the lone star tick brings an extra problem: it can leave behind a sugar molecule called ...

Systematic & Applied Acarology (2010) 15, 109–112.. Ticks of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) and peccaries (Tayassu pecari) in Peru. MARCELO B. LABRUNA 1, ...

Amblyomma americanum was collected from Jan to Nov 2019, and was the only species found in immature life stages. Dermacentor variabilis was collected from Apr 2019 to Oct 2019. Amblyomma maculatum was ...

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a rare and potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat, has long been associated with bites from the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). However, recent findings ...

The Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is known to spread several infectious diseases, including the Heartland virus. Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) A rare but sometimes fatal tickborne ...

This disease is also known as Cowdriosis. Heartwater is an infectious, non-contagious disease of ruminants species. It is a Tick borne disease that occurs in areas infested by Amblyomma species of ...

No vaccine exists against the virus, which was first detected in 2018 in the Amblyomma testudinarium tick found in Japan’s Ehime prefecture; Reading Time: 2 minutes. Why you can trust SCMP.