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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Stobbe

Scientists document a death from a meat allergy tied to certain ticks

Ticks Meat Allergy - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Researchers have reported what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy that can be triggered by tick bites.

A 47-year-old New Jersey man died last year from alpha-gal syndrome, which in 2011 was first linked to bites from the Lone Star tick.

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