The Anxiety Encyclopedia

84. L is for Lone Star Ticks

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We hope you don't acquire an allergy to our podcast after listening to Lorien tell Katharine about the lone star tick.


Sources:

  • https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0727-emerging-tick-bites.html
  • https://www.cdc.gov/alpha-gal-syndrome/about/
  • https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/lyme-disease-isnt-the-only-tickborne-disease-to-watch
  • https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/ticks-and-the-diseases-they-spread
  • https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/where-ticks-live.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html
  • https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/after-a-tick-bite/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/removing_a_tick.html
  • https://web.uri.edu/tickencounter/species/lone-star--tick/
  • https://www.neregionalvectorcenter.com/lone-star-tick.php
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome
  • https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome-ags
  • https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/06/red-meat-allergy-likely-caused-by-tick-bites/
  • https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/prevention/index.html
  • https://www.cdc.gov/alpha-gal-syndrome/about/
  • https://healthmatters.nyp.org/the-lone-star-tick-what-to-know-about-the-tick-that-causes-a-red-meat-allergy/
  • https://tickcontrol.com/blog/which-state-has-the-worst-tick-problem/#:~:text=Alpha-gal carrying ticks are,Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia.
  • https://www.wafb.com/2024/05/29/consumer-reports-lone-star-tick-is-spreading/
  • https://apnews.com/article/meat-allergy-lone-star-tick-pig-alphagal-edf82b6c1928450da1373ea61e6a3a44
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