Differential alpha-gal expression during Amblyomma hebraeum and Rhipicephalus evertsi tick feeding and development: A driver for the development of alpha-gal syndrome in South Africa

Background: The presence of galactose-α-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) in tick salivary antigens has been implicated to initiate host IgE responses resulting in sensitization to alpha-gal. Objective: We sought to investigate the presence of alpha-gal in different anatomic locations in native South Africa...

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Main Authors:	Tatenda Murangi, PhD, Ben Mans, PhD, Ronel Pienaar, PhD, Maresa Botha, MD, Heidi Facey-Thomas, DipNursCert, Stephen Cunningham, PhD, Ali Halajian, PhD, Lokesh Joshi, PhD, Franco H. Falcone, PhD, William Horsnell, PhD, Michael E. Levin, PhD
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Elsevier 2026-03-01
Series:	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global
Subjects:	Alpha-gal food allergy galactose-α-1,3-galactose red meat allergy ticks Amblyomma hebraeum
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772829325002243
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