The Molecular and Translational Allergology (MTA) group has published a review on the alpha-Gal syndrome (AGS), an emerging form of food allergy characterized by delayed hypersensitivity reactions to mammalian meat products and mediated by IgE antibodies specific to the carbohydrate galactose-α-1,3-galactose. There is now strong epidemiological and experimental evidence that this new form of food allergy is mediated by tick bites.
Read the full article : https://www.lih.lu/en/article/comprehensive-review-on-the-immunological-mechanisms-leading-to-alpha-gal-syndrome-ags/
See the research : https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology
