Loren Erickson, UVA Health (IMAGE) University of Virginia Health System Caption The new discovery by UVA's Loren Erickson, PhD, is an important step toward understanding the strange meat allergy spread by ticks -- and developing a treatment for it. Credit UVA Health Usage Restrictions May be used to accompany news coverage of the meat allergy discovery. All other uses require express written permission from UVA Health. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.