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Alpha-Gal Syndrome: Red Meat Is ‘Just the Beginning'
Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) is as peculiar as it is surprising. Known as the “red meat allergy” or “tick-bite allergy,” AGS occurs when a tick bite triggers an allergy to alpha-Gal ...
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Alpha Gal Syndrome: Raising state and national awareness
AGS is not nationally notifiable or reportable in almost all states, including West Virginia. This means the true number of people affected by AGS is not truly known.
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Alpha-gal Syndrome
What does a lone star tick look like? CDC warns of alpha-gal syndrome, red-meat allergies, rash The CDC has warned that hundreds of thousand of Americans may have developed alpha-gal syndrome ...
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Alpha-gal syndrome: Meat allergy linked to tick bites rising, CDC says
New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday shows a steep increase in cases of alpha-gal syndrome. The allergy triggers a possibly life-threatening ...
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Alpha-Gal May Drive Sensitivity to IV Stelara in People With Red-Meat Allergies
The biologic seemed to express an epitope to alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) that IgE antibodies recognize in people with alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), reported Preethi Venkat, MD, MPH, of the ...