Yew and juniper pollen season in selected cities of Poland in 2020 Original article

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Published: Dec 31, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.164311220.5
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allergens, pollen count, yew (Taxus baccata), juniper (Juniperus sp.), Poland, 2020

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Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-7739
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Poland
Małgorzata Puc
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-9352
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphic Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Agata Konarska
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2174-7608
Anna Rapiejko
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8906-2405
Kornel Szczygielski
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-5424
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

The study compares the yew and juniper pollen seasons in Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Lublin, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warsaw, and Wroclaw in 2020. The investigations were conducted using the volumetric method. The yew and juniper season started in all measurement sites between February 2nd (Szczecin) and March 2nd (Lublin). The peak values of seasonal pollen count occurred between February 23rd (in Szczecin) and March 28th. The highest daily pollen count was recorded in Lublin (867 grains/m3) and the lowest pollen count in Bialystok (45 grains/m3). The highest annual totals were recorded in Lublin and Wroclaw. Most days, with a concentration equal to or above 50 grains/m3, causing symptoms in allergic patients were recorded in Lublin and Warsaw.

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Dąbrowska-Zapart, K., Chłopek , K., Puc , M., Malkiewicz , M., Konarska , A., Rapiejko , A., Szczygielski , K., Ziemianin , M., Siergiejko , G., & Lipiec , A. (2020). Yew and juniper pollen season in selected cities of Poland in 2020. Alergoprofil, 16(4), 10-14. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.164311220.5
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Vol 16 No 4 (2020)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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