Carpinus betulus L. pollen grains in the aeroplankton of twelve selected Polish cities in 2023 Original article

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Published: Sep 19, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.192190923
Keywords:
Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus L., pollen monitoring 2023, Poland

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Barbara Majkowska-Wojciechowska
Department of Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1332-8139
Zofia Balwierz
The Asthma and Allergy Patients Support Organization in Department of Immunology and Allergy Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Małgorzata Puc
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-9352
Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Subdepartment of Aerobiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-3218
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Joanna Ślusarczyk
Department of Environmental Biology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8022-3244
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Joanna Rapiejko
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-0413
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, Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

In Poland, Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) is one of the trees responsible for the symptomes of spring allergy, although epidemiology of sensitivity is not well understood. The aim of this study was to analyse the Carpinus betulus L. pollen seasons in the following cities of Poland: Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Kraków, Kielce, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Opole, Piotrków Trybunalski, Szczecin, Warszawa i Zielona Góra.


Pollen grain was recorded with the standardized volumetric method with the Hirst type traps. The following parameters were included in the analysis: length of the season, peaks of pollen concentration and their date of occurrence, sezonal total values and the numer of days of the pollen concentration above the treshold value that could cause symptoms.


The Hronbeam pollen season in 2023 started in the third decade of March or the firts decade of April and lasted until May, for 33.58 days on average. The highest total values were recorded in Szczecin, Zielona Góra, Bydgoszcz, Kraków and Kielce, while the lowest in Bialystok and Lublin. Compared to 2014, the 2023 sesaon was generally charactarized by an earlier start, higher total daily and annual pollen levels.

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Majkowska-Wojciechowska, B., Balwierz, Z., Puc, M., Piotrowska-Weryszko, K., Siergiejko, G., Ślusarczyk, J., Ziemianin, M., Rapiejko , J., Jurkiewicz , D., & Lipiec , A. (2023). Carpinus betulus L. pollen grains in the aeroplankton of twelve selected Polish cities in 2023. Alergoprofil, 19(2), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.192190923
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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