In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short.

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a rare and potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat, has long been associated with bites ...

This time, she was able to collect the tick for testing, identified as Ixodes pacificus, or the western black-legged tick. Two years later, she got another bite from an I. pacificus tick and once ...

Lyme disease is probably the most widely known disease that can result from a bite from the black-legged tick (a.k.a. deer ...

A decade of cases suggests the threat is broader than once believed. Dispatch: Alpha-Gal Syndrome after Ixodes scapularis Tick Bite and Statewide Surveillance, Maine, USA, 2014–2023. Image ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

another tick-borne disease. Health officials said that the evidence isn't enough to prove that Lyme disease has moved into the state, however. "What it does say is, 'Well, guess what? We should be on ...

To validate his theory, he focused on a 77 amino acid-long GRP fragment (GRP77), of which 26 percent are glycine, in the hard tick Ixodes scapularis. AlphaFold predicted that GRP77 is highly ...