Tick Bites and Red Meat Allergy

Posted: 2025-04-17 19:17:44 UTC

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A bite from a western blacklegged tick may, in rare cases, cause a red meat allergy known as alpha-gal syndrome.

Western blacklegged ticks can transmit alpha-gal syndrome.

Alpha-gal syndrome results in an allergy to red meat.

Rare cases of alpha-gal syndrome caused by western blacklegged tick bites.