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Tick Saliva and the Alpha-Gal Syndrome: Finding a Needle in a Haystack
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Ticks and tick-borne diseases are significant public health concerns. Bioactive molecules in tick saliva facilitate prolonged blood-feeding and transmission of tick-borne pathogens to the vertebrate host.
Surendra Raj Sharma, Shahid Karim
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Tick bites, associated with the secretion of tick saliva containing the xenoglycan galactose-alpha-1, 3-galactose (alpha-gal or aGal), are recognized as the causal factors of alpha-Gal syndrome (AGS; or red meat allergy) in humans.
L. Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz +5 more
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Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations, 2023 α-Gal syndrome (AGS) is an allergy to meat and other products derived from non-primate mammals resulting from development of IgE antibodies against the oligosaccharide galactose-α,1,3-galactose (α-Gal).
Andrew Hawkins +5 more
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Diversity of Rickettsiales in the microbiome of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2014 ABSTRACT Ticks are important vectors for many emerging pathogens. However, they are also infected with many symbionts and commensals, often competing for the same niches. In this paper, we characterize the microbiome of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae), the lone star tick, in order to better ...
Ponnusamy L +9 more
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Cytauxzoonosis in North America
Pathogens, 2021 Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging tick-borne disease of domestic and wild felids produced by infection of Cytauxzoon felis, an apicomplexan protozoan similar to Theileria spp.
Mason V. Reichard +6 more
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Insects, 2022 Recent increases in the incidence and geographic range of tick-borne diseases in North America are linked to the range expansion of medically important tick species, including Ixodes scapularis, Amblyomma americanum, and Amblyomma maculatum. Passive tick
Benjamin Cull
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: South Tick Associated Rash Illness or "STARI"
EDIS, 2016 Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is a human tick-borne disease that occurs following the bite of Amblyomma americanum, the lone star tick, which is the most common and aggressive human-biting tick in the South, accounting for over 90% of ...
Katherine Sayler +2 more
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Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus) (Acari: Ixodidae)
EDIS, 2013 This document provides an overview of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, detailing its distribution, life cycle, and medical significance. It highlights the tick’s ability to transmit various pathogens, including those causing ehrlichiosis ...
Christopher J. Holderman +1 more
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Maximum Entropy-Based Ecological Niche Model and Bio-Climatic Determinants of Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum) Niche [PDF]
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2016 Roman R Ganta +2 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Recent studies have provided strong evidence indicating that lone star tick bites are a cause of AGS (alpha-gal syndrome, also known as red meat allergy RMA) in humans.
L. Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz +4 more
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