Tick bites and red meat allergy
Scott P. Commins, Thomas A.E. Platts‐Mills2013Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyReview
Immune/Innate
Lyme & Co-Infections
Abstract
Large numbers of patients with IgE Ab to alpha-gal continue to be identified in the USA and globally. Clinicians should be aware of this IgE response as the reactions often appear to be idiopathic because of the significant delay between eating mammalian meat and the appearance of symptoms.
Part of CIRS Nexus · Curated by Lauren Lowenstein, The Biotoxin Lady
Key Biomarkers
IgE Ab to alpha-gal
Symptom Clusters
Allergic reactions to mammalian meat
References (5)
- Identification of galactose‐α‐1,3‐galactose in the gastrointestinal tract of the tick Ixodes ricinus; possible relationship with red meat allergyAllergy · 2013
- The relevance of tick bites to the production of IgE antibodies to the mammalian oligosaccharide galactose-α-1,3-galactoseJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2011
- Relationship between red meat allergy and sensitization to gelatin and galactose-α-1,3-galactoseJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2012
- Impaired allergy diagnostics among parasite-infected patients caused by IgE antibodies to the carbohydrate epitope galactose-α1,3-galactoseJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2011
- Galactose-a-1, 3-galactose-specific IgE is associated with anaphylaxis but not asthmaAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2012
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