Allergenic Pollen

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“…The fact that grass pollen affects children more than birch pollen was shown in Sweden [22]. The male gender of the pollen-sensitized children patients in Vinnitsa corresponds with data from other studies as well, showing that boys are more susceptible to pollen allergens than girls [15].…”

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“…Eight pollen taxa from the top-10 pollen taxa list discussed above are represented on the list of 12 most allergenic pollen types in Europe. They are included on the list of allergic pollens of primary importance established for Europe by Sofiev and Bergmann [15]. These taxa are namely Alnus, Ambrosia, Artemisia, Betula, Amaranthaceae, Poaceae, Quercus, Urtica pollens found in high quantity in the ambient air of Vinnitsa city.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fluctuations of pollen counts of certain taxa in different pollen seasons may be related to the weather conditions and to the internal biological rhythms of plants [15][16][17][18]. Thus, Betula and Alnus pollen types were recorded at the second and third positions, respectively, in the annual pollen spectra of Vinnitsa city in the years 2010, 2012, and 2014.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, it has been shown that Urtica pollen is prevalent in the air of the city. However, the pollen of the stinging nettle is not present on the list of the regional causal allergens due to its low allergeniсity proved by the studies [15]. Ambrosia and Artemisia pollen grains are more allergic for children, while allergy symptoms caused by tree pollen grains such as Betula and Alnus are more manifested among the adult population of Vinnitsa.…”

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Airborne pollen spectrum and hay fever type prevalence in Vinnitsa, central Ukraine

Rodinkova

2015

Acta Agrobot

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The article deals with the main pollen spectrum in relation to patients' sensitivity determined in the ambient air of Vinnitsa city located in central Ukraine. The study performed by gravimetric sampling in the years 1999-2000 and by volumetric sampling in the years 2009, Poaceae, Amarathaceae, and Polygonaceae pollen grains are prevalent among the airborne allergen types in the urban atmosphere. The principal pollen types remain the same but over time their quantities have changed. The relative abundance of Carpinus and Amaranthaceae airborne pollen decreased while the fraction of Urtica pollen increased in the last decade. From 50 to 69 pollen types were determined in the ambient air depending on the season. From 24 to 27 pollen types represented woody plants and from 22 to 46 pollen types belonged to the herbaceous plants. A considerable decrease in herbal pollen types is noted in the Vinnitsa air at present.It was shown that children were sensitive to weed pollen grains, including ragweed, mugwort, and grass, while adults were more sensitive to tree and grass pollen grains. Further studies of the pollen spectrum in the ambient air of this city are required in order to control the hay fever symptoms.

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Airborne pollen spectrum and hay fever type prevalence in Vinnitsa, central Ukraine

Rodinkova

2015

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“…Fungi are, after pollen, the second most important producers of outdoor airborne allergens (Weikl et al, 2015). Their presence can cause human health problems (mainly allergies) and crop infections (phytopathology) (e.g., Burge and Rogers, 2000;Simon-Nobbe et al, 2008). Up to 80 % of asthmatics are sensitized to fungal allergens (Lopez and Salvaggio, 1985) and a disease pattern of severe asthma with fungal sensitization has been recently proposed (Denning et al, 2006).…”

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Near-surface and columnar measurements with a micro pulse lidar of atmospheric pollen in Barcelona, Spain

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Abstract. We present for the first time continuous hourly measurements of pollen near-surface concentration and lidarderived profiles of particle backscatter coefficients and of volume and particle depolarization ratios during a 5-day pollination event observed in Barcelona, Spain, between 27 and 31 March 2015. Daily average concentrations ranged from 1082 to 2830 pollen m −3 . Platanus and Pinus pollen types represented together more than 80 % of the total pollen. Maximum hourly pollen concentrations of 4700 and 1200 m −3 were found for Platanus and Pinus, respectively. Every day a clear diurnal cycle caused by the vertical transport of the airborne pollen was visible on the lidar-derived profiles with maxima usually reached between 12:00 and 15:00 UT. A method based on the lidar polarization capabilities was used to retrieve the contribution of the pollen to the total aerosol optical depth (AOD). On average the diurnal (09:00-17:00 UT) pollen AOD was 0.05, which represented 29 % of the total AOD. Maximum values of the pollen AOD and its contribution to the total AOD reached 0.12 and 78 %, respectively. The diurnal means of the volume and particle depolarization ratios in the pollen plume were 0.08 and 0.14, with hourly maxima of 0.18 and 0.33, respectively. The diurnal mean of the height of the pollen plume was found at 1.24 km with maxima varying in the range of 1.47-1.78 km. A correlation study is performed (1) between the depolarization ratios and the pollen near-surface concentration to evaluate the ability of the former parameter to monitor pollen release and (2) between the depolarization ratios as well as pollen AOD and surface downward solar fluxes, which cause the atmospheric turbulences responsible for the particle vertical motion, to examine the dependency of the depolarization ratios and the pollen AOD upon solar fluxes. For the volume depolarization ratio the first correlation study yields to correlation coefficients ranging 0.00-0.81 and the second to correlation coefficients ranging 0.49-0.86.

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The need for Pan‐European automatic pollen and fungal spore monitoring: A stakeholder workshop position paper

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Arboledas

Bonini

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Background: Information about airborne pollen concentrations is required by a range of end users, particularly from the health sector who use both observations and forecasts to diagnose and treat allergic patients. Manual methods are the standard for such measurements but, despite the range of pollen taxa that can be identified, these techniques suffer from a range of drawbacks. This includes being available at low temporal resolution (usually daily averages) and with a delay (usually 3-9 days from the measurement). Recent technological developments have made possible automatic pollen measurements, which are available at high temporal resolution and in real time, although currently only scattered in a few locations across Europe.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Allergenic Pollen

Cited by 99 publications

References 344 publications

Airborne pollen spectrum and hay fever type prevalence in Vinnitsa, central Ukraine

Airborne pollen spectrum and hay fever type prevalence in Vinnitsa, central Ukraine

Near-surface and columnar measurements with a micro pulse lidar of atmospheric pollen in Barcelona, Spain

The need for Pan‐European automatic pollen and fungal spore monitoring: A stakeholder workshop position paper

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