A 47-year-old New Jersey man has become the first confirmed fatality from a severe case of “meat allergy” spread by ticks , researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine announced Thursday.

The man, an airline pilot whose name was not released, went camping with family in the summer of 2024, according to the findings published in the Journal of Allergy and Immunology .

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