A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä
Co-exposure to highly allergenic airborne pollen and fungal spores in Europe
Tekijät: Myszkowska D., Bogawski P., Piotrowicz K., Bosiacka B., Grinn-Gofroń A., Berger U.E., Bonini M., Ceriotti V., Charalampopoulos A., Galán C., Gedda B., Ianovici N., Kloster M., Oliver G., Pashley C.H., Pätsi S., Pérez-Badia R., Puc M., Rodinkova V., Skjøth C.A., Thibaudon M., Vokou D., Damialis A.
Kustantaja: Elsevier B.V.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2023
Journal: Science of the Total Environment
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: Science of the Total Environment
Artikkelin numero: 167285
Vuosikerta: 905
ISSN: 0048-9697
eISSN: 1879-1026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167285
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167285
The study is aimed at determining the potential spatiotemporal risk of the co-occurrence of airborne pollen and fungal spores high concentrations in different bio-climatic zones in Europe. Birch, grass, mugwort, ragweed, olive pollen and Alternaria and Cladosporium fungal spores were investigated at 16 sites in Europe, in 2005–2019. In Central and northern Europe, pollen and fungal spore seasons mainly overlap in June and July, while in South Europe, the highest pollen concentrations occur frequently outside of the spore seasons. In the coldest climate, no allergy thresholds were exceeded simultaneously by two spore or pollen taxa, while in the warmest climate most of the days with at least two pollen taxa exceeding threshold values were observed. The annual air temperature amplitude seems to be the main bioclimatic factor influencing the accumulation of days in which Alternaria and Cladosporium spores simultaneously exceed allergy thresholds. The phenomenon of co-occurrence of airborne allergen concentrations gets increasingly common in Europe and is proposed to be present on other continents, especially in temperate climate.