Aerobiological and clinical aspects ofParietaria officinalis in the area of Thessaloniki,Greece |
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Authors: | Dimitrios Gioulekas Georgios Chatzigeorgiou Despina Papakosta Elias Eleftherochorinos Frits Th Spieksma |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory for Allergic Bronchopulmonary Diseases, Pulmonary Clinic, General Hospital «G. Papanikolaou», Aristotelean University, Petras 1, GR-54636 Thessaloniki, Greece;(2) Department of Pulmonology, Laboratory of Aerobiology, University Hospital, Rijnsburgerweg 10, NL-2333 AA Leiden, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Summary We collected the daily pollen samples during a 3-year period (Febr '87–Dec '89), using a Burkard volumetric trap, located on a high level area in the center of the city.Parietaria officinalis pollen was not differentiated under microscope from the other Urticaceae but through phenological criteria. The patients included in the detection of the sensitivity toP. officinalis pollen came from the Out-patient Clinic of Bronchial Asthma of the General Hospital «G. Papanikolaou». They had a seasonal pollinosis and they were submitted to Pricktest using a battery of 22 groups and aP. officinalis pollen extract. The Urticaceae pollen appears first in the atmosphere of Thessaloniki in the end of March, shows a peak in the beginning of May and continues to be present till the end of August. We detectedP. officinalis pollen sensitivity combined with other allergens in 24.1% of the patients and in 1.4% a monosensitivity toP. officinalis. |
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Keywords: | Greece officinalis Parietaria Poaceae pollen pollinosis skinpricktest Urticaceae |
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