Alternaria spores in the air of selected Polish cities in 2015

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Published: Mar 31, 2016
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aeroallergens, spores, mould, Alternaria, 2015

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Sylwia Pawłowska
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Piotr Rapiejko
1. Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. 2. Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
Dorota Myszkowska
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, 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
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Aneta Sulborska
Department of Botany, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
Weronika Haratym
Department of Botany, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
Dagmara Sadowska
Department of Botany, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the concentration of Alternaria spores in the cities of Poznan, Bydgoszcz, Sosnowiec, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Olsztyn, Opole, Warsaw, Zielona Gora, Lublin and Szczecin in 2015. Measurements were performed by the volumetric method (Hirst). Alternaria season was defined as the period in which 90% of the annual total catch occurred. The Alternaria season started first in Bydgoszcz on the 27th May and in the other cities it started during the next four weeks. The highest airborne concentration of 900 Alternaria spores × m-3 was noted in Lublin on the 4th July

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Pawłowska , S., Lipiec , A., Rapiejko , P., Myszkowska , D., Ziemianin , M., Rapiejko , A., Chłopek , K., Jurkiewicz , D., Sulborska , A., Haratym , W., & Sadowska , D. (2016). Alternaria spores in the air of selected Polish cities in 2015. Alergoprofil, 12(1), 41-45. Retrieved from https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/alergoprofil/article/view/858
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