Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
Volume 60, Issue 12, Pages 1841-1847Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1171-6
Keywords
Olive; Aeroallergens; ELISA; Airborne pollen; Ole e 1; Pollinosis; Aerobiology; Pollen; Pollen index; Meteorological parameters
Funding
- Study on phenological trends in plants of Western Mediterranean and its relation to climate change (FENOMED)
- SCAI (Central Service Support Research) of University of Cordoba
- Analisis de la dinamica del polen atmosferico en Andalucia [P10-RNM-5958]
- Research Project of Excellence, Andalusia Regional Government
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Olea europaea L. pollen is the second-largest cause of pollinosis in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Airborne-pollen monitoring networks provide essential data on pollen dynamics over a given study area. Recent research, however, has shown that airborne pollen levels alone do not always provide a clear indicator of actual exposure to aeroallergens. This study sought to evaluate correlations between airborne concentrations of olive pollen and Ole e 1 allergen levels in Crdoba (southern Spain), in order to determine whether atmospheric pollen concentrations alone are sufficient to chart changes in hay fever symptoms. The influence of major weather-related variables on local airborne pollen and allergen levels was also examined. Monitoring was carried out from 2012 to 2014. Pollen sampling was performed using a Hirst-type sampler, following the protocol recommended by the Spanish Aerobiology Network. A multi-vial cyclone sampler was used to collect aeroallergens, and allergenic particles were quantified by ELISA assay. Significant positive correlations were found between daily airborne allergen levels and atmospheric pollen concentrations, although there were occasions when allergen was detected before and after the pollen season and in the absence of airborne pollen. The correlation between the two was irregular, and pollen potency displayed year-on-year variations and did not necessarily match pollen-season-intensity.
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