Monday, 31 October 2016

PRO/EDR> Tick-induced mammalian meat allergy - Worldwide (03): South Africa (NL)

Pests -- South Africa
When a meat-loving Pietermaritzburg woman took a bite of a steak and kidney pie, it caused her body to react in a life-threatening way. But what RM, 31, didn't know is that she had developed a rare allergy which would prevent her from eating meat again.
After suffering several anaphylactic shocks from ingesting meat, she was diagnosed with alpha-gal in August [2016]. RM is the 1st known case in KwaZulu-Natal [KZN]. The allergy was identified in America in 2009 and was discovered to be

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2etR6qy

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