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A New Jersey man’s death is the first known to be linked to a tick-borne meat allergy , according to researchers at UVAHealth in Virginia.

The unidentified man, 47, reportedly died last summer four hours after eating a hamburger — just two weeks after a similar episode triggered by steak.

With the summer episode, the man experienced severe abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting after eating the steak, a UVAHealth press release detailed.

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The incident was initially reported as "sudden unexplained death," until UVA Health’s Thomas Platts-Mills, M.D., Ph.D., determined that the man suffered a fatal allergic reaction.

The findings were published i

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