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(NEXSTAR) – Researchers with the University of Virginia have identified a deceased 47-year-old pilot from New Jersey as the first documented death caused by alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy acquired from the bite of a lone star tick.

The cause of the man’s death in the summer of 2024 was previously determined to be “unexplained” after an autopsy shortly after his passing, the researchers explained in an article published with The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (ACI) In Practice .

“His wife wanted to know why her husband had died, and she asked her friend, [contributing researcher] Dr. Erin McFeely, to review the a

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