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:
https://www.pbs.org/video/did-an-anci...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33497...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

#redmeatallergy