GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A tick that can cause meat allergies is turning up in Michigan more frequently, an entomologist says.

The Lone Star tick, found in the South and eastern part of the U.S, was once rarely found Michigan's Lower Peninsula but is now becoming more common, the Associated Press reports.

It is a concern because it appears to cause a meat allergy for some who get bit, Howard Russell, a Michigan State University Extension entomologist, told the Times Herald of Port Huron.

He told the newspaper that he has received almost daily complaints about the ticks.

Jean Tsao, an associate professor in the Departments of Fisheries and Wildlife and Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University, says Lone Star ticks have been moving to the North, the AP reported.

According to MSU Diagnostic Services, Amblyomma americanum gets its common name because a silvery spot on females looks to some to be shaped like Texas. The bite is considered "quite severe," and is followed inflammation and lesions.

It is linked to tick paralysis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and a bacterial disease.

It is not known to spread Lyme Disease.

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