Compound impacts of climate change, urbanization and biodiversity loss on allergic disease

S Tong, PJ Beggs, JM Davies, F Jiang… - International Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases have
been rising rapidly due largely to human activities, which have altered our climate system …

The AusPollen partnership project: Allergenic airborne grass pollen seasonality and magnitude across temperate and subtropical eastern Australia, 2016–2020

JM Davies, BA Smith, A Milic, B Campbell… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Allergic rhinitis affects half a billion people globally, including a fifth of the
Australian population. As the foremost outdoor allergen source, ambient grass pollen …

Navigating the Aerosolized Frontier: A Comprehensive Review of Bioaerosol Research Post-COVID-19

C Zhang, X Dai, T Gebrezgiabhier, Y Wang, M Yang… - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community has been galvanized to
unravel the enigmatic role of bioaerosols in the transmission of infectious agents. This …

Airborne grass pollen and thunderstorms influence emergency department asthma presentations in a subtropical climate

M Simunovic, J Boyle, B Erbas, P Baker… - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Grass pollen is considered a major outdoor aeroallergen source worldwide. It is
proposed as a mechanism for thunderstorm asthma that lightning during thunderstorms …

Meteorological influences on airborne pollen and spores in Johannesburg (Gauteng), South Africa

LB Ajikah, SJ Roffe, FH Neumann, MK Bamford… - Aerobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Airborne fungal spores and pollen (aerospora), synergistic with air pollution, are key triggers
of allergic respiratory diseases. Effective diagnosis and treatment requires up-to-date …

Association between grass, tree and weed pollen and asthma health outcomes in Adelaide, South Australia: a time series regression analysis

M Nitschke, KBG Dear, K Venugopal, KMR Lyne… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We aim to establish daily risk estimates of the relationships between grass, tree
and weed pollen and asthma health outcomes. Design Time series regression analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA analysis of airborne poaceae (grass) pollen reveals taxonomic diversity across seasons and climate zones

S Van Haeften, BC Campbell, A Milic… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Grasses populate most biogeographical zones, and their diversity influences
allergic sensitisation to pollen. Previously, the contribution of different Poaceae subfamilies …

Sensitization patterns to Poaceae pollen indicates a hierarchy in allergens and a lead of tropical grasses

V Rodinkova, S Yuriev, V Mokin… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The allergenicity of pollen of Poaceae family members is a well‐known and
confirmed fact. Using the data of component‐resolved molecular diagnostics of allergy, we …

Nanofluidic point-of-care IgE test for subtropical grass pollen for rapid diagnosis of allergic rhinitis

JM Davies, C Pralong, J Tickner, V Timbrell… - Annals of Allergy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Widening of subtropical climate zones globally and increasing grass-pollen
exposure provide the impetus for developing a more precise and accessible diagnosis of …

Trends in airborne grass pollen in Évora City (Portugal)

ERG Caeiro, RAP Camacho, MB Ferreira… - Aerobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Aerobiology could be used as complementary data or proxy for studying phenology,
especially in species which usually are not long-distance transported, such as grasses. This …