Analysis of the grass pollen season in selected Polish cities in 2018

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Published: Dec 31, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.144141218
Keywords:
pollen concentration, allergens, grass

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Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-7739
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Dorota Myszkowska
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1493-3990
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko
Department of Botany, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-3218
Beata Żuraw
Department of Botany, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Małgorzata Puc
1. Department of Botany and Natural Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland. 2. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-9352
Alina Stacewicz
1. Department of Botany and Natural Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland. 2. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland
Agnieszka Świdnicka-Siergiejko
Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok
Ewa M. Świebocka
The Medical University of Bialystok Children’s Clinical Hospital
Grzegorz Siergiejko
The Medical University of Bialystok Children’s Clinical Hospital
Krystian Tywoniuk
Department of Otolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics, Children’s Hospital of Bydgoszcz
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
Piotr Rapiejko
1. Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. 2. Allergen Research Center, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3868-0294
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Ewa Kalinowska
Allergen Research Center, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-6882
Zenon Siergiejko
Laboratory of Respiratory Diagnostics and Bronchoscopy, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Adam Rapiejko
1. Oxford Archaeology Ltd., Oxford, England. 2. Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

The paper presents the course of the grass (Poaceae) pollen season in Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Sosnowiec, Lublin, Olsztyn, Szczecin, Drawsko Pomorskie, Warsaw, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Opole, Wroclaw and Zielona Gora in 2018. The pollen of grass is the primary trigger of pollen allergies during the summer months. It causes some of the most severe and difficult-to-treat symptoms. Measurements were performed by the volumetric method (Burkard and Lanzoni pollen samplers). The pollen season of Poaceae started first in Sosnowiec, Lublin and Opole in the third decade of April. The highest, record airborne concentration of 243 pollen grains/m3 was noted in Lublin on June 19th. The maximum values of seasonal pollen count occurred between of May 27th and June 4th in all cities. The highest grass pollen allergen hazard occurred in 2018 in Warsaw, Lublin and Zielona Gora.

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Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Chłopek , K., Myszkowska , D., Ziemianin , M., Piotrowska-Weryszko , K., Żuraw , B., Malkiewicz , M., Puc , M., Stacewicz, A., Świdnicka-Siergiejko , A., Świebocka , E. M., Siergiejko , G., Tywoniuk , K., Szczygielski , K., Rapiejko , P., Jurkiewicz , D., Kalinowska , E., Siergiejko , Z., Rapiejko , A., & Lipiec , A. (2018). Analysis of the grass pollen season in selected Polish cities in 2018. Alergoprofil, 14(4), 91-95. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.144141218
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