Ticks might spread more than just Lyme Disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- they may also be responsible for an allergy to meat, according to new research.
ABC News reported on a possible link between bites from the lone star tick -- found throughout the U.S. -- and an allergy to meat.
The research comes from University of Virginia scientists, who found that some people who are bitten by the tick develop an allergic reaction to meat, in the form of itchy hives and even anaphylactic shock, about three to six hours after eating the food, according to ABC News.
"It's hard to prove," researcher Dr. Scott Commins, an assistant professor of medicine at UVA, told ABC News. "We're still searching for the mechanism."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/lone-star-tick-meat-allergy-bites_n_1613258.html
