Alternaria spores in the air of selected Polish cities in 2020 Original article

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Published: Mar 31, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.171300321.1
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allergens, spores, Poland, 2020

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Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-7739
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326
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 Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
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
Zenon Siergiejko
Laboratory of Respiratory Diagnostics and Bronchoscopy, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3876-5135
Piotr Rapiejko
1. Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. 2. Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-2679

Abstract

The study compares the course of the spore season of Alternaria in Bialystok, Cracow, Olsztyn, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warsaw, and Wroclaw in 2020. The investigations were conducted using the volumetric method. Alternaria spore season was defined as the period in which 90% of the annual total catch occurred. The Alternaria season started first in Bialystok on May 19 and lasted on June 28 in Wroclaw. The highest airborne concentration of 1052 Alternaria spores/m3 was noted in Wroclaw on July 30. The highest annual sum of Alternaria spores (SPI) was observed in Warsaw (19 390 spores) and the lowest in Bialystok (5769 spores). Most days, the threshold concentration inducing symptoms in allergic persons occurred in Piotrków Trybunalski, Szczecin, and Warsaw.

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Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Chłopek , K., Lipiec , A., Puc , M., Malkiewicz , M., Szczygielski , K., Ziemianin , M., Siergiejko , Z., & Rapiejko , P. (2021). Alternaria spores in the air of selected Polish cities in 2020. Alergoprofil, 17(1), 21-24. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.171300321.1
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Vol 17 No 1 (2021)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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