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Maya Jerath, MD, PhD talks with the New York Times about Alpha-gal syndrome 

The Lone Star tick, common to the southeastern U.S., is responsible for inducing meat allergies in some people, scientists say.
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As many as 450,000 Americans may be living with alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy that has been linked to tick bites, with many of those people going undiagnosed, according to two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.