Abstract
Hay fever or pollinosis is the allergic reaction of the human body to allergic pollen grains and is a seasonal phenomenon. Pollen concentrations depend on the climate, geographic features, and vegetation. Trees, grass, and weed pollinosis is frequent in Croatia, common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisifolia L.) pollinosis in particular. Continuous monitoring of pollen air concentrations can provide timely information to the general public and can help sensitised patients and their physicians to prevent or alleviate allergic reactions. This is the task of health ecology services such as our Public Health Institute of the Brod-Posavina County. This article reports pollen concentrations in Slavonski Brod measured in March 2008 to November 2008, March 2009 to October 2009, and April 2010 to October 2010 and discusses the increasing exposure to ragweed and ways to control it.
Highlights
Hay fever or pollinosis is the allergic reaction of the human body to allergenic pollen grains and is a seasonal phenomenon [2]
This study reports pollen concentrations in Slavonski Brod measured in March 2008 to November 2008, March 2009 to October 2009, and April 2010 to October 2010
We identified 25 pollen taxa with moderate and highly allergenic grains, including: Abies, Aesculus, Alnus, Ambrosia, Artemisia, Betula, Carpinus, Castanea, Chenopodium, Corylus, Fagus, Fraxinus, Juglans, Picea, Pinus, Figure 2 Total pollen counts for trees, grasses, and weeds in Slavonski Brod during the pollination period 2008 to 2010
Summary
Hay fever or pollinosis is the allergic reaction of the human body to allergic pollen grains and is a seasonal phenomenon. Continuous monitoring of pollen air concentrations can provide timely information to the general public and can help sensitised patients and their physicians to prevent or alleviate allergic reactions. This is the task of health ecology services such as our Public Health Institute of the Brod-Posavina County. Hay fever or pollinosis is the allergic reaction of the human body to allergenic pollen grains and is a seasonal phenomenon [2]. Information about the levels of pollen grains in the air could be very useful for sensitised patients and physicians, as it can improve prevention and therapy of seasonal allergic symptoms [9,10,11]. The aim of this study was to establish air levels of tree, grass, and weed pollens in Slavonski Brod during pollination in 2008 to 2010
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