North American pollinosis due to insect-pollinated plants.
In warmer regions of North America many newly introduced plants are cultivated widely and others are becoming aggresive naturalized weeds. A large number are insect-pollinated and shed considerable quantities of airborne pollen. Levels of allergenicity based on skin test data, numbers of patients having immediate hypersensitivity and localities where airborne pollen grains have been identified are presented for each genus of entomophilous plants considered incitants of pollinosis. Among the most relevant are Acacia, Brassica, Citrus, Ligustrum, Olea and Schinus.
D000397:Air Pollution; D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D004782:Environmental Health; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000276:immunology*; D009656:North America; D010944:Plants; D011058:Pollen
D000485:Allergens