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Long distance transport of ragweed pollen as a potential cause of allergy in central Italy. (Articolo in rivista)
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- Long distance transport of ragweed pollen as a potential cause of allergy in central Italy. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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- 2006-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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- 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61045-9 (literal)
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Cecchi L, Morabito M, Domeneghetti MP, Crisci A, Onorari M, Orlandini S (2006)
Long distance transport of ragweed pollen as a potential cause of allergy in central Italy.
in Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology (Online)
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- Cecchi L, Morabito M, Domeneghetti MP, Crisci A, Onorari M, Orlandini S (literal)
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- Interdepartmental Centre of Bioclimatology, University of Florence, Florence,
Italy.
Ambulatorio di Allergologia, Azienda Sanitaria Firenze, Florence, Italy.
Aerobiology Operative Branch, Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany,
Pistoia, Italy.
Institute of Biometeorology, National Research Council, Florence, Italy. (literal)
- Titolo
- Long distance transport of ragweed pollen as a potential cause of allergy in central Italy. (literal)
- Abstract
- Background: Ambrosia pollen is an important allergen in North America and, as recently discovered, in some European
countries. In Italy, the most affected area is the northeast, whereas ragweed has not been reported in the central and southern parts
of the country.
Objective: To identify the source of ragweed pollen detected in Florence and Pistoia in central Italy.
Methods: Ragweed pollen data were collected in Florence and Pistoia for a 6-year period (1999 -2004). The relationship
between pollen counts and local ground prevalent wind directions was evaluated with analysis of variance and the least
significant difference test. Weather conditions were also evaluated on a large-scale circulation pattern by analyzing weather maps
and air mass back trajectories.
Results: A highly statistically significant relationship between daily prevailing wind direction and pollen count was found in
the period under investigation; the ragweed pollen peaks were recorded when winds from northeast in Florence and northnortheast
in Pistoia were observed. The synoptic weather situation and the path of back trajectories suggest an area around
southern Hungary as a possible source of Ambrosia pollen. Furthermore, the pollen count was above the clinical threshold several
times in both Florence and Pistoia.
Conclusions: Several factors indicate that the detection of ragweed pollen in central Italy is due to long distance transport.
Taking into consideration the high allergenicity of Ambrosia pollen, the present findings, if confirmed, suggest that the number
of sensitized individuals might significantly increase in the near future. (literal)
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