Oak pollen season in selected cities of Poland in 2019

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Published: Sep 18, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.152150919
Keywords:
allergens, pollen count, oak, Quercus, Poland, 2019

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Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-7739
Kazimiera Chłopek
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Poland
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Department of Palaeobotany, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko
Subdepartment of Aerobiology, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-3218
Daniel Kotrych
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4221-2944
Ewa Kalinowska
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
Anna Rapiejko
1. Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. 2. Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Kornel Szczygielski
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
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

The study compares the oak pollen seasons in Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Sosnowiec, Lublin, Olsztyn, Opole, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Zielona Gora in 2019. The investigations were conducted using the volumetric method. The oak season started in all measurement sites between April 6th (Szczecin) and April 24th (Lublin and Piotrkow Trybunalski). The peak values of seasonal pollen count occurred between April 25th and May 2nd. The highest daily pollen count was recorded in Lublin (273 P/m3) and the lowest pollen count in Bialystok (23 P/m3). The highest annual totals were recorded in Lublin, Piotrkow Trybunalski and Warsaw. The most days with concentration equal to or above 16 P/m3, causing symptoms in many allergic patients, were recorded in Lublin and Warsaw. Days with concentration equal to or above 91 P/m3, which causes allergy of all sensitized patients, were the most frequent in Lublin, Piotrkow Trybunalski and Warsaw.

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Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Chłopek , K., Malkiewicz , M., Piotrowska-Weryszko , K., Kotrych , D., Kalinowska , E., Rapiejko , A., Siergiejko , G., Jurkiewicz , D., Szczygielski , K., & Lipiec , A. (2019). Oak pollen season in selected cities of Poland in 2019. Alergoprofil, 15(2), 12-16. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.152150919
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