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Ash pollen allergy and aerobiology
BackgroundAllergy to ash pollen is common in some parts of Europe. Sensitization is overlooked if Oleaceae pollen allergens are not included in...
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Methods and standards of pollen monitoring—significance of pollen measurements at different altitudes
BackgroundThe measurement of pollen concentrations has been performed according to various protocols in recent decades. In all approaches the...
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Air Sampling and Analysis of Aeroallergens: Current and Future Approaches
Purpose of ReviewTo review current air sampling instruments and analysis methods and to describe new approaches being developed.
Recent Findings ...
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Bioaerosol Exposures and Respiratory Diseases in Cannabis Workers
Purpose of ReviewThis review investigates occupational inhalation hazards associated with biologically derived airborne particles (bioaerosols)...
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Phenology as a tool to gain more insights into the grass pollen season
BackgroundGrass pollen allergy is the most common pollen allergy in the world. The grass family (Poaceae) consists of many genera and species of...
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Digital transformation of health and care to sustain Planetary Health: The MASK proof-of-concept for airway diseases—POLLAR symposium under the auspices of Finland’s Presidency of the EU, 2019 and MACVIA-France, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD, WH0) demonstration project, Reference Site Collaborative Network of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
In December 2019, a conference entitled “Europe That Protects: Safeguarding Our Planet, Safeguarding Our Health” was held in Helsinki. It was...
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EAST in Children with Allergic rhinitis: Experience from Indian Tertiary Centre
Allergic rhinitis (AR) is recognized as a growing global health disease with considerable importance among children and adolescents. This study aims...
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Legionnaires’ disease arising with hirsutism: case report of an extremely confusing event
BackgroundLegionella bacteria is a common cause of pneumonia, but the infection may affect several organs in the most serious cases. A systemic...
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A Review of Pollen Counting Networks: From the Nineteenth Century into the Twenty-first Century
Purpose of ReviewPollen is enormously important to the human experience. As pollen became germane to human health in the late nineteenth century,...
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Defining Pollen Seasons: Background and Recommendations
Purpose of ReviewThe definition of a pollen season determines the start and the end of the time period with a certain amount of pollen in the ambient...
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The association between airborne pollen monitoring and sensitization in the hot desert climate
BackgroundPollen is a major cause of allergic respiratory diseases. In Qatar, data on the presence and prevalence of allergenic airborne types of...
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Comparison of circulating fibrocytes from non-asthmatic patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis between in and out of pollen season samples
BackgroundAllergic rhinitis is a risk factor for asthma development. In asthma, fibroblast progenitors, fibrocytes, are increased in the blood and...
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Association of molds and metrological parameters to frequency of severe asthma exacerbation
BackgroundSensitization to airborne molds may be a risk factor for severe asthma and direct cause of asthma exacerbation (AE).
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Bioaerosol sampling of patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis: a study protocol
BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) is transmitted in bioaerosols containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ). Despite being central to ongoing TB...
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Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases
BackgroundIn all societies, the burden and cost of allergic and chronic respiratory diseases are increasing rapidly. Most economies are struggling to...
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Vilnius Declaration on chronic respiratory diseases: multisectoral care pathways embedding guided self-management, mHealth and air pollution in chronic respiratory diseases
BackgroundOver 1 billion people suffer from chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, COPD, rhinitis and rhinosinusitis. They cause an enormous...
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Allergen Specific Immunotherapy in Canine Atopic Dermatitis: an Update
Purpose of ReviewThis review aims to evaluate new insights into allergen immunotherapy (AIT) and review the mechanism, different protocols used, and...