The lone star tick can transmit alpha-gal syndrome to humans through its saliva. Typically, the tick can be found in the eastern, southeastern and the south-central parts of the United States.

Dorsal view of a female lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), 2006. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / Dr Amanda Loftis, Dr William Nicholson, Dr Will Reeves, Dr Chris Paddock.

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The lone star tick's most distinctive feature is its star-like white splotch, found on adult females. While other ticks spread germs that cause more widely known diseases, like Lyme, a bite from ...

Tularemia, spread by American dog ticks, wood ticks and lone star ticks, and primarily found in the south-central U.S., the Pacific Northwest and parts of Massachusetts.It can be life-threatening ...

Texans, beware of the big, bad “lone star” tick this summer. The arachnid is found in the eastern, southeastern, and south-central United States, and if you get bit, it can end your meat ...

The lone star tick can cause an allergic reaction known as alpha-gal syndrome. The tick's saliva contains a sugar molecule called galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal).

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About 110,000 cases of alpha-gal syndrome - caused by lone star tick bites - were reported in the U.S. But up to 340K other cases went unreported.

Lone star ticks gained their name from the white spot on the back of adult females. They are one of the first tick species to emerge in the spring, followed by black-legged ticks in late May and June.

Alpha-gal syndrome, or AGS, is a tick-borne red meat allergy that is spread by the aggressive lone star tick — the most likely of any tick to bite. The tick’s range includes Florida, and ...