Diagnostic Testing for Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (Alpha-gal), United States, 2010-2018.

CONCLUSION: More than 34,000 persons, most presumably symptomatic, have tested positive for IgE antibodies to alpha-gal, suggesting AGS is an increasingly recognized public health problem. The geographic distribution of persons who tested positive is consistent with exposure to Amblyomma americanum ticks. PMID: 33422649 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - January 7, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Binder AM, Commins S, Altrich ML, Wachs T, Biggerstaff BJ, Beard CB, Petersen LR, Kersh GJ, Armstrong PA Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research