Oak pollen concentration in the air of selected Polish cities in 2020 Original article

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Published: Dec 31, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.1643311220.3
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pollen concentration, oak (Quercus), allergens

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Anna Rapiejko
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8906-2405
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Insitute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Aneta Sulborska
Department of Botany, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7720-0719
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Natural Sciences Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Ewa Kalinowska
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-6882
Tomasz Wolski
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1368-6107
Kornel Szczygielski
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-5424
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

The study aims to compare the oak pollen season in selected Polish cities: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Katowice, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Lublin, Olsztyn, Opole, Szczecin, Warsaw, and Wroclaw in 2020. Measurements were made using the volumetric method, with a Hirst-type sampler. Oak pollen season, defined as the period with 98% of the annual total catch, started between April 14th (in Opole) and April 25th (in Lublin). The season ended on June 1st at the latest; in Sosnowiec, Bydgoszcz, Olsztyn, and Bialystok. It lasted from 30 to 47 days (37 days on average). The maximum daily oak pollen concentrations were observed between April 24th and May 11th. The highest annual sum of oak pollen grains (SPI) was recorded in Lublin, while the lowest in Bialystok. The highest concentrations of 596 oak pollen grains/m3 were noted in Lublin on April 28th. The longest exposure to high concentrations of oak pollen (> 91 grains/m3), lasting 12–13 days, was recorded in Lublin, Opole, and Wroclaw.

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Rapiejko, A., Malkiewicz, M., Ziemianin, M., Sulborska, A., Chłopek, K., Siergiejko, G., Kalinowska, E., Wolski, T., Szczygielski, K., & Lipiec , A. (2020). Oak pollen concentration in the air of selected Polish cities in 2020. Alergoprofil, 16(4), 15-20. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.1643311220.3
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Vol 16 No 4 (2020)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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