Air pollution from anthropogenic, biogenic and geogenic sources contributes to increased mortality and lower quality of life. Allergenic pollen in the air, a biogenic pollutant, might lead to the development of pollinosis in a quarter of the adult population and a third of all children in Europe. Future climate and land-use changes may increase the amount of allergenic pollen in the air and...
Background - Pollen in the air reflects vegetation on the ground and, therefore, pollen monitoring provides valuable information on vegetation dynamics. Concurrently, it is an essential tool for assessing the air quality with respect to allergenic particles of biological origin. Urban parks provide a series of ecosystem services, but they can also act as sources of allergenic particles, thus...
Seasonal allergy affects the largest number of Ukrainians in late summer. The main allergens of this period are the pollen of Ambrosia and Artemisia.
Since mugwort’s flowering starts earlier, it causes the first symptoms in patients. Allergic reactions to ragweed pollen persist until the end of October or even mid-November. Therefore, our work aimed to determine the level of regional...
Common ragweed (ambrosia artemisiifolia) is an invasive plant species in Europe and other parts of the world, originating from Central and North America. Its pollen can cause allergic reactions. The plant also can invade agricultural lands, causing decrease in harvest, as well as being a threat to biodiversity. Under the influence of various factors, its spread in Europe is growing rapidly and...
Plane trees (Platanus sp.) are common ornamental city trees in Poland, planted often along roads, avenues and in parks. Their number has been increasing in recent years, however they produce large amount of wind-transported pollen, which can induce allergy symptoms. It is very likely that plane tree allergy will be more frequent in near future, especially in urban societies. Allergy sufferers...
The presence of some specific fungal spores in a public place is becoming a serious health issue in many parts of the world. The allergenic potential of fungal spores and its sensitization in the local population is increasing after COVID-19 pandemic. An investigation regarding the concentration and seasonal occurrence of fungal aeroallergens at selected public places was carried out for two...
Background & Aims: The environment of the Scandinavian country of Norway is exceptionally diverse. This is primarily the result of its wide-ranging latitude, longitude, altitude and high microscale topographical heterogeneity. This has contributed to complex climatological gradients and allowed for many different habitats and species. While the identification of Norwegian species has long...
Introduction: Birch pollen is a leading source of allergies in the spring. About a quarter of people with seasonal allergies in Ukraine are sensitive to it, which makes birch pollination an urgent issue of the healthcare system. Birch produces and releases pollen in a certain period and with a certain intensity, which depends on environmental conditions and their changes. It should also be...
The fungal spores of the genus Alternaria and Cladosporium are among the most common causes of allergy reactions. Therefore, the investigation of changes in the pattern of spore seasons, along with their causes, is essential in the context of assessing future allergic risk. The main aim of the study was to determine the temporal variation in Alternaria and Cladosporium spore seasons in Poznań...
Due to the lack of modern diagnostic methods, fungal allergy remains an underdiagnosed and undertreated disease, the reasons for which are not always well-understood. Thus, the aim of our work was to analyze the specifics of regional sensitization to fungal allergens in Ukraine in order to improve control of this disease.
To achieve this goal, a dataset of 20 033 patients tested with...
Primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP) such as pollen and fungal spores has received attention in recent years owing to the increased awareness of their impacts on human and plant health. Real-time methods based on spectroscopy/holography are now favoured over the traditional volumetric Hirst method, which is very labour intensive and time consuming. The Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol...
Pannonian plain during wheat harvest is considered a source of airborne fungal spores detected also in other parts of Europe. Airborne fungal spores were counted from Hirst-type volumetric samples collected in Novi Sad in July 2019 and simultaneous measurements using Rapid-E (Plait SA) were performed.
Predominant spores detected were Cladosporium, Alternaria, and Coprinus-type and they...
Internet customers’ behaviour can give a clue to practitioners on the improvement of approaches they utilize to control a seasonal allergy. Tracking the behaviour of Internet customers, one can see how it coincides with environmental changes that can promote the symptoms. Based on this data, it is possible to adjust measures of prophylaxis of seasonal allergies. So, the aim of our work was to...
