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Wikipedia[1] has footnotes for this quote: “If a tick feeds on another mammal, the alpha-gal remains in its alimentary tract. The tick then injects the alpha-ga
by jagged-chisel 5y ago
Wikipedia[1] has footnotes for this quote: “If a tick feeds on another mammal, the alpha-gal remains in its alimentary tract. The tick then injects the alpha-gal into a person's skin, which causes the immune system to release a flood of IgE antibodies to fight the foreign carbohydrate. Researchers still do not know which specific component of tick saliva causes the reaction.”
1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_allergy?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_allergy?wprov=sfti1