Dartmouth Health Researchers Identify Additional Risk for Those with Tick-Borne Disease

Tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome poses potential risks during blood transfusions

A new multi-institute study led by researchers at Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth suggests that alpha-gal syndrome, the tick-borne disease that can result in a chronic allergy to meat and animal byproducts, also may complicate certain patients' ability to safely receive a blood plasma or platelet transfusion.

Dartmouth Health researchers identify additional risk for those with tick-borne disease

Dartmouth Health researchers have identified an additional risk for patients with a tick-borne disease, called Alpha-gal Syndrome.

Study Warns on Alpha-Gal Syndrome and Blood Transfusions

We anticipate these findings will change transfusion practices in the U.S., says researcher

Dartmouth Health researchers identify additional risk for patients with tickborne alpha-gal syndrome apart from meat allergy

LEBANON, N.H. — A new multi-institute study led by Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth researchers suggests that alpha-gal syndrome—the tick-borne disease that can result in a chronic allergy to meat and animal byproducts—also may complicate certain…

Dartmouth researchers uncover risks in tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome beyond

Lebanon, New Hampshire—A large international study led by researchers at Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has identified a previously overlooked transfusion risk associated with alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy that can cause severe reactions to mammalian meat and animal-derived products. The findings suggest that some patients with the condition, particularly […]