Alternaria spores in the air of southern Poland cities in 2016

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Published: Mar 31, 2017
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Piotr Rapiejko
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Department of Paleobotany, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Adam Rapiejko
1. Oxford Archaeology Ltd., Oxford, England. 2. Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

This paper presents the course of the spore season of Alternaria in Cracow, Sosnowiec, Opole, Piotrków Trybunalski, Wrocław, Zielona Góra in 2016. Measurements were performed by the volumetric method (Lanzoni and Burkard). Alternaria spore season was defined as the period in which 90% of the annual total catch occurred. The Alternaria season started first in Opole on the 5th May and lasted till the 22nd June in Cracow and Wrocław. The highest airborne concentration of 1231 Alternaria spores × m-3 was noted in Zielona Góra on the 6th July. The highest annual sum of Alternaria spores (SSI) was observed also in Zielona Góra (17 776 spores).

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Rapiejko , P., Lipiec , A., Malkiewicz , M., Chłopek , K., Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Ziemianin , M., Rapiejko , A., & Jurkiewicz , D. (2017). Alternaria spores in the air of southern Poland cities in 2016. Alergoprofil, 13(1), 36-39. Retrieved from https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/alergoprofil/article/view/175
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