Alnus pollen grains in the atmospheric air in Poland in 2022 Original article

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Published: Jun 30, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.182300622
Keywords:
aeroallergens, pollen concentration, risk of allergy, alder, 2022

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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
Małgorzata Puc
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-9352
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Anna Kopacz-Bednarska
Department of Medical Biology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0664-1450
Joanna Rapiejko
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-0413
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-2679
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

In addition to hazel pollen, alder pollen causes allergy symptoms in subjects suffering from early spring allergies. The study consisted in the analysis of the concentration of Alnus pollen in the air of 12 Polish cities: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Kielce, Lublin, Olsztyn, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Zielona Gora. The research was carried out in 2022. The volumetric method and Burkard or Lanzoni samplers were used. The pollen season was determined with the 95% method. The onset of the season was recorded earlier in the west of Poland than in the east of the country, i.e. between January 30th and February 18th. The season ended between March 23rd and April 3rd. The maximum alder pollen concentrations were determined in between February 14th and March 16th. The highest concentrations of alder pollen were detected in Kielce and Piotrkow Trybunalski, while the lowest values were recorded in Bialystok and Szczecin.

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Piotrowska-Weryszko, K., Weryszko-Chmielewska, E., Puc, M., Ziemianin, M., Kopacz-Bednarska, A., Rapiejko, J., Chłopek, K., Malkiewicz, M., Siergiejko, G., Jurkiewicz, D., & Lipiec, A. (2022). Alnus pollen grains in the atmospheric air in Poland in 2022. Alergoprofil, 18(2), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.182300622
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Vol 18 No 2 (2022)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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