Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3199907 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2011 14 Pages PDF
Abstract
The results presented here provide evidence that tick bites are a cause, possibly the only cause, of IgE specific for alpha-gal in this area of the United States. Both the number of subjects becoming sensitized and the titer of IgE antibodies to alpha-gal are striking. Here we report the first example of a response to an ectoparasite giving rise to an important form of food allergy.
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