Lone Star Tick Spreads Across U.S. and Ozarks, Carrying Fatal Alpha-Gal Syndrome
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Updated · KY3 · Jul 16
Lone Star Tick Spreads Across U.S. and Ozarks, Carrying Fatal Alpha-Gal Syndrome
3 articles · Updated · KY3 · Jul 16
Summary
The Lone Star tick is expanding across the U.S. and the Ozarks, raising concern because it can transmit alpha-gal syndrome, a condition linked to severe red-meat allergy.
Alpha-gal syndrome can turn eating red meat into a dangerous reaction and, in some cases, prove fatal, making the tick’s spread a growing public-health threat.
Burkhard Bilger examined the infestation in a New Yorker piece, highlighting why the tick continues multiplying as its range widens.