Get immediate medical attention if you’ve been bitten. The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is a disease-spreading arachnid. Like other arachnids — such as scorpions, spiders, and mites ...

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.

Recent research suggests that Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus may also trigger alpha-gal syndrome, broadening the geographic risk for this potentially life-threatening meat allergy.

Butler suspected she had alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that can develop in response to the bite of a lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). The diagnosis was later confirmed by lab testing.

including the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), and the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis). An undated photo of a deer tick. STOCK PHOTO ...

The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), a tick species common in the United States, was assumed to be the source of a transmissible, rare, and deadly meat allergy. However, new research has ...

In the U.S., alpha-gal cases are nearly always associated with the bite of a lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), which is predominantly found throughout the eastern half of the country.

"The most distinctive feature of the lone star ticks may be ... The formal name of the tick, now found in roughly 30 states, is Amblyomma americanum. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...