Analysis of Corylus pollen season in Poland in 2021 Original article

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Published: Jun 30, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.172290621
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aeroallergens, pollen concentration, risk of allergy, hazel, 2021

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Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-3218
Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8410-2757
Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-7739
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Małgorzata Puc
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-9352
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-2679
Przemysław Bant
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-3152
Piotr Rapiejko
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3868-0294

Abstract

Corylus produces allergenic pollen grains that appear in the air in early spring and cause pollen allergy in sensitive people. The aim of this study was to compare the Corylus pollen seasons in 2021 in the following 11 cities in Poland: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Sosnowiec, Lublin, Olsztyn, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Zielona Gora. This research was conducted using the volumetric method and Burkard or Lanzoni pollen samplers. Pollen season duration was determined by the 95% method. The hazel pollen season in 2021 began relatively late, between February 20 and March 1. The season start was recorded earliest in Zielona Gora, while latest in Olsztyn. The highest values of maximum Corylus pollen concentration were recorded in Sosnowiec (230 P/m3) and Zielona Gora (213 P/m3), whereas the lowest ones in Bialystok (27 P/m3) and Bydgoszcz (54 P/m3). In most of these cities, the maximum daily concentration of Corylus pollen grains was recorded in the third 10 days of February or at the beginning of March and only in Lublin and Bialystok the peak value occurred later, on March 16 and March 26, respectively. The highest risk of allergy in people sensitive to the pollen of this taxon was found in Lublin, Olsztyn, and Zielona Gora. The highest values of the annual pollen integral were determined in Lublin, similarly to the previous years.

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Piotrowska-Weryszko, K., Weryszko-Chmielewska , E., Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Ziemianin , M., Puc , M., Siergiejko , G., Malkiewicz , M., Jurkiewicz , D., Bant , P., & Rapiejko , P. (2021). Analysis of Corylus pollen season in Poland in 2021. Alergoprofil, 17(2), 54-59. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.172290621
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Vol 17 No 2 (2021)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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