The analysis of Betula pollen season in Poland in 2019

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Published: Oct 3, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.153300919
Keywords:
aeroallergens, pollen concentration, risk of allergy, birch, 2019

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Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin
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
Marta Dmitruk
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Department of Palaeobotany, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-7739
Alina Stacewicz
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3432-8536
Adam Rapiejko
1. Oxford Archaeology Ltd., Oxford, England. 2. Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
Ewa Kalinowska
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-6882
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Piotr Rapiejko
9 Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3868-0294

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare Betula pollen seasons in 2019 in 12 cities located in different regions of Poland. Pollen monitoring was conducted in Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Lublin, Olsztyn, Opole, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Zielona Gora. Airborne pollen was monitored by the volumetric method using Burkard or Lanzoni pollen samplers. Pollen season length was determined by the 98% method. The pollen season start date was recorded earliest in Wroclaw and Zielona Gora, and latest in Bialystok. The highest Betulapollen concentration values were found in Lublin, whereas the lowest ones in Bialystok. In most of the cities, the maximum daily Betula pollen concentration was recorded on April 19th or 20th. Exceptionally, in Wroclaw the peak value occurred on April 8th, while in Bialystok as late as April 29th. The annual pollen sum reached the highest values in Warsaw and the lowest ones in Bialystok. The highest risk of allergy in people sensitive to the pollen of this taxon was found in Bydgoszcz, Zielona Gora, Szczecin, Opole, and Warsaw

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Piotrowska-Weryszko , K., Weryszko-Chmielewska , E., Dmitruk , M., Lipiec , A., Malkiewicz , M., Ziemianin , M., Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Stacewicz , A., Rapiejko , A., Kalinowska , E., Jurkiewicz , D., Siergiejko , G., & Rapiejko , P. (2019). The analysis of Betula pollen season in Poland in 2019. Alergoprofil, 15(3), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.153300919
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