Unexpected pollinosis or insufficient pollen records? Importance of regional monitoring.
Particular climates and the occurrence of endemic flowering plant species potentially leads to special aerobiological situations through the word. After a 6-year study carried out in Murcia (SE Spain) some particularities were detected in the 'aerobiological behaviour' of airborne pollen. Among them, Artemisia was shown to be the most original, particularly because of its unique winter pollination period, not reported elsewhere outside of SE Spain, and due to the occurrence of endemic Artemisia species. This state of affairs is possibly responsible of the high incidence of Artemisia in Murcia (23.5%; European mean, 10%) and the high number of long-season pollinosis sufferers (15%). These results stress the importance of regional and local aerobiological studies for interpreting and predicting allergenic diseases in Mediterranean areas.
Giner
Manuel Munuera
MM
Departmentp Producción Agraria, Area de Botánica, ETS de Ingeniería Agronómica, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain. manuel.munuera@upct.es
D019306:Artemisia; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D035264:Flowers; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015994:Incidence; D011058:Pollen / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012621:Seasons; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology