New research identified cross-reactivity between tick proteins and wasp venom, with more than half of a cohort of tick-bitten patients with alpha-gal syndrome also sensitized to wasp venom, according to study results.
“The observed relation between tick bites and [alpha-gal syndrome (AGS)] has raised the question whether other biting or stinging arthropods may be associated with AGS as well,” the researchers wrote in the study, published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.
The study comprised 136 Swedish patients with AGS. Among those, 73 (53.7%) had IgE reactivity against wasp