[6][7][8] According to van Nunen, Australia has the highest rate of mammalian meat allergy and tick anaphylaxis in the world.
[9] In 2018, after four years in development, van Nunen, in collaboration with a pharmaceuticals company and northern Sydney hospital Emergency Department, released a world-first freeze spray designed to be topically applied to ticks that have attached to humans.
Preventative measures can also be applied by regularly treating your lawns and dressing appropriately to minimize your risk of exposure to ticks.
[2] Van Nunen advises that mammalian-meat allergy is a rare condition, albeit that she has managed hundreds of cases to date.
[16] In 2021 van Nunen was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for service to medicine, particularly to clinical immunology and allergy.