Allergy to Mammalian Meat Linked to Alpha-Gal Syndrome Potentially After Tick Bite in the Amazon: A Case Series

This study confirms the presence of this new entity in French Guiana and is the largest reported in Latin America. Our results do not clearly allow us to state that tick bites are the cause of this allergy, but all patients reported being exposed regularly to these arthropods.PMID:34544046 | DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.20-1630

Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 20, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lo ïc Epelboin Florent Roche Maryvonne Dueymes Genevi ève Guillot Olivier Duron Mathieu Nacher F élix Djossou Ang èle Soria Source Type: research