Ash pollen count in the air of selected Polish cities in 2017

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Published: Jun 20, 2017
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allergens, pollen count, Ash (Frexinus), 2017

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Kornel Szczygielski
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Małgorzata Puc
Department of Botany and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland
Alina Stacewicz
1. Department of Botany and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland. 2. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Poland
Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska
Department of Botany, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko
Department of General Ecology, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Ewa M. Świebocka
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Dorota Myszkowska
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
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Department of Paleobotany, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Ewa Kalinowska
Allergen Research Center, Poland
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
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

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the pollen season of ash in Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Drawsko Pomorskie, Lublin, Olsztyn, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Zielona Gora in 2017 year. Measurements of pollen concentration were performed by the use of volumetric method (Burkard or Lanzoni pollen sampler). The pollen season of ash started in all measurement sites in the last week of March and first week of April. The peak values of seasonal pollen count occurred between 31st March and 10th April in all cities. The highest concentration of 772 pollen grains × m-3 was noted in Cracow, and the lowest of 45 pollen grains × m-3 in Bialystok. The risk of pollen allergy because of the presence in the air the high concentrations of ash pollen grains was the biggest in Cracow (10 days) and in Zielona Gora (9 days). The highest annual sum (SPI, Seasonal Pollen Index) of ash pollen grains was recorded in Cracow (1928), and it was over 9 times higher than in Bialystok (218).

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Szczygielski , K., Puc , M., Stacewicz , A., Weryszko-Chmielewska , E., Piotrowska-Weryszko , K., Ziemianin , M., Chłopek , K., Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Siergiejko , G., Świebocka , E. M., Myszkowska , D., Rapiejko , A., Malkiewicz , M., Kalinowska , E., Jurkiewicz , D., & Lipiec , A. (2017). Ash pollen count in the air of selected Polish cities in 2017. Alergoprofil, 13(2), 85-90. Retrieved from https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/alergoprofil/article/view/894
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