Hazel pollen in the air of selected Polish cities in 2022 Original article

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Published: Jun 29, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.182290622
Keywords:
aeroallergens, pollen concentration, hazel, (Corylus), 2022

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Joanna Rapiejko
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-0413
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Małgorzata Puc
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-9352
Agata Konarska
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2174-7608
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Joanna Ślusarczyk
Department of Environmental Biology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8022-3244
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-FacialSurgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-2679
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of the Prevention of Environmental Hazards, Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

Hazel is an important source of tree pollen allergens, which are responsible for inhalant allergy symptoms in early spring. The aim of the study was to compare Corylus pollen season in 2022 in 12 cities located in different regions of Poland: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Kielce, Lublin, Olsztyn, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Zielona Gora. The measurements were conducted using a Burkard- type volumetric sampler, operating in continuous volumetric mode. The following parameters were analyzed: pollen season duration, peak value and peak date, seasonal pollen integral and number of days with concentration exceeding the threshold values triggering allergy symptoms in sensitized individuals. The hazel pollen season in 2022 began in January and the first decade of February. The earliest it began in the western regions, and the latest in eastern Poland. In most cities, maximum daily pollen concentrations were registered between February 5th and 24th. The 2022 hazel pollen season, compared to the 2021 season, was characterized by higher maximum daily pollen concentrations, higher seasonal pollen integrals (SPI) and higher number of days exceeding the threshold value for triggering allergy symptoms in most of the analyzed cities. The highest peak was recorded in Lublin (290 grains/m3) and the highest annual sum (SPI) in Cracow (2071). In 2022 the highest risk of allergy symptoms to hazel pollen allergens in sensitized individuals was found in Lublin, Cracow, Kielce and Sosnowiec.

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Rapiejko, J., Malkiewicz, M., Puc, M., Konarska, A., Ziemianin, M., Ślusarczyk, J., Jurkiewicz, D., Siergiejko, G., Chłopek, K., & Lipiec, A. (2022). Hazel pollen in the air of selected Polish cities in 2022. Alergoprofil, 18(2), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.182290622
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Vol 18 No 2 (2022)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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