Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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An overview of the clinical features, pathogenesis, and treatment of alpha gal syndrome - the fascinating disease in which a tick bite triggers an allergy to red meat.

Additional links to hypotheses about why primates no longer express alpha-gal:
pbs.org/video/did-an-ancient-pathogen-reshape-our-cells-irhcud
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33497603
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150209

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