Map courtesy of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Though it hasnât been scientifically proven, researchers think the Lone Star tick produces a sugar from its gut called galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose, or âAlpha-Gal.â In some cases, the human immune system develops an allergic response to that sugar.
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