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Pfaar O, Sousa-Pinto B, Papadopoulos NG, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Ordak M, Torres MJ, Mösges R, Klimek L, Zuberbier T, Matricardi PM, Berger UE, Berger M, Dramburg S, Mahler V, Toppila-Salmi SK, Bergmann KC, Ollert M, Tripodi S, Jutel M, Agache I, Eguiluz-Gracia I, Canonica GW, Akdis CA, Sokolowska M, Sofiev M, Shamji MH, Czarlewski W, Fonseca JA, Bedbrook A, Bousquet J. Digitally-enabled, person-centred care (PCC) in allergen immunotherapy: An ARIA-EAACI Position Paper. Allergy 2024. [PMID: 38700063 DOI: 10.1111/all.16135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
Abstract
In rhinitis and asthma, several mHealth apps have been developed but only a few have been validated. However, these apps have a high potential for improving person-centred care (PCC), especially in allergen immunotherapy (AIT). They can provide support in AIT initiation by selecting the appropriate patient and allergen shared decision-making. They can also help in (i) the evaluation of (early) efficacy, (ii) early and late stopping rules and (iii) the evaluation of (carried-over) efficacy after cessation of the treatment course. Future perspectives have been formulated in the first report of a joint task force (TF)-Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)-on digital biomarkers. The TF on AIT now aims to (i) outline the potential of the clinical applications of mHealth solutions, (ii) express their current limitations, (iii) make proposals regarding further developments for both clinical practice and scientific purpose and (iv) suggest which of the tools might best comply with the purpose of digitally-enabled PCC in AIT.
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- Oliver Pfaar
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE-Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Center of Excellence in Asthma and Allergy, Médica Sur Clinical Foundation and Hospital, México City, Mexico
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND, Universidad de Malaga, RICORS de Enfermedades Inflamatorias, Malaga, Spain
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- Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- ClinCompetence Cologne GmbH, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Immunology and Allergology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Immunology and Allergology, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medecine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin - Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- European Aeroallergen Network (EAN), Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- European Aeroallergen Network (EAN), Vienna, Austria
- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Klinik Hietzing, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medecine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin - Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Allergy, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Immunology and Allergology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Center, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Wrocław Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
- ALL-MED Medical Research Institute, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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- Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND, Universidad de Malaga, RICORS de Enfermedades Inflamatorias, Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- Asthma and Allergy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE-Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- MASK-air, Montpellier, France
- ARIA, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Immunology and Allergology, Berlin, Germany
- MASK-air, Montpellier, France
- ARIA, Montpellier, France
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González-Alonso M, Oteros J, Widmann M, Maya-Manzano JM, Skjøth C, Grewling L, O'Connor D, Sofiev M, Tummon F, Crouzy B, Clot B, Buters J, Kadantsev E, Palamarchuk Y, Martinez-Bracero M, Pope FD, Mills S, Šikoparija B, Matavulj P, Schmidt-Weber CB, Ørby P. Influence of meteorological variables and air pollutants on measurements from automatic pollen sampling devices. Sci Total Environ 2024:172913. [PMID: 38697521 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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This study examines the influence of meteorological factors and air pollutants on the performance of automatic pollen monitoring devices, as part of the EUMETNET Autopollen COST ADOPT-intercomparison campaign held in Munich, Germany, during the 2021 pollen season. The campaign offered a unique opportunity to compare all automatic monitors available at the time, a Plair Rapid-E, a Hund-Wetzlar BAA500, an OPC Alphasense, a KH-3000 Yamatronics, three Swisens Polenos, a PollenSense APS, a FLIR IBAC2, a DMT WIBS-5, an Aerotape Sextant, to the average of four manual Hirst traps, under the same environmental conditions. The investigation aimed to elucidate how meteorological factors and air pollution impact particle capture and identification efficiency. The analysis showed coherent results for most devices regarding the correlation between environmental conditions and pollen concentrations. This reflects on one hand, a significant correlation between weather and airborne pollen concentration, and on the other hand the capability of devices to provide meaningful data under the conditions under which measurements were taken. However, correlation strength varied among devices, reflecting differences in design, algorithms, or sensors used. Additionally, it was observed that different algorithms applied to the same dataset resulted in different concentration outputs, highlighting the role of algorithm design in these systems (monitor + algorithm). Notably, no significant influence from air pollutants on the pollen concentrations was observed, suggesting that any potential difference in effect on the systems might require higher air pollution concentrations or more complex interactions. However, results from some monitors were affected to a minor degree by specific weather variables. Our findings suggest that the application of real-time devices in urban environments should focus on the associated algorithm that classifies pollen taxa. The impact of air pollution, although not to be excluded, is of secondary concern as long as the pollution levels are similar to a large European city like Munich.
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- M González-Alonso
- Germany Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center, Munich 80802, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Rabanales Campus, Celestino Mutis Building, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain; Andalusian Inter-University Institute for Earth System IISTA, University of Cordoba, Spain
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- Agency for Environment and Climate Protection, Via Sottomonte, 2, Laives, Bolzano 39055, Italy
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- Germany Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center, Munich 80802, Germany; Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, Botany Area, University of Extremadura, Badajoz 06006, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Aerobiology, Department of Systematic and Environmental Botany, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
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- School of Chemical sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
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- Germany Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center, Munich 80802, Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Rabanales Campus, Celestino Mutis Building, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- BioSense Institute Research Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Institute for Data Science, University of Applied Sciences North Western Switzerland, Windish, Switzerland
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- Germany Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center, Munich 80802, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science, BERTHA Danish Big Data Centre for Environment and Health (BERTHA), Aarhus University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Belachew AB, Rantala AK, Jaakkola MS, Hugg TT, Sofiev M, Kukkonen J, Jaakkola JJK. Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study. Occup Environ Med 2024; 81:209-216. [PMID: 38604660 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2023-109112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND There is inconsistent evidence of the effects of exposure to ambient air pollution on the occurrence of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in early childhood. We assessed the effects of individual-level prenatal and early life exposure to air pollutants on the risk of LRTIs in early life. METHODS We studied 2568 members of the population-based Espoo Cohort Study born between 1984 and 1990 and living in 1991 in the City of Espoo, Finland. Exposure assessment was based on dispersion modelling and land-use regression for lifetime residential addresses. The outcome was a LRTI based on data from hospital registers. We applied Poisson regression to estimate the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of LTRIs, contrasting incidence rates in the exposure quartiles to the incidence rates in the first quartile. We used weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression to estimate the joint effect of the studied air pollutants. RESULTS The risk of LRTIs during the first 2 years of life was significantly related to exposure to individual and multiple air pollutants, measured with the Multipollutant Index (MPI), including primarily sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter with a dry diameter of up to 2.5 µm (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposures in the first year of life, with an adjusted IRR of 1.72 per unit increase in MPI (95% CI 1.20 to 2.47). LRTIs were not related to prenatal exposure. CONCLUSIONS We provide evidence that ambient air pollution exposure during the first year of life increases the risk of LRTIs during the first 2 years of life. SO2, PM2.5 and NO2 were found to contribute the highest weights on health effects.
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- Abate Bekele Belachew
- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- Centre for Climate Change Research (C3R), University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Chowdhury S, Hänninen R, Sofiev M, Aunan K. Fires as a source of annual ambient PM 2.5 exposure and chronic health impacts in Europe. Sci Total Environ 2024; 922:171314. [PMID: 38423313 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Chronic exposure to ambient PM2.5 is the largest environmental health risk in Europe. We used a chemical transport model and recent exposure response functions to simulate ambient PM2.5, contribution from fires and related health impacts over Europe from 1990 to 2019. Our estimation indicates that the excess death burden from exposure to ambient PM2.5 declined across Europe at a rate of 10,000 deaths per year, from 0.57 million (95 % confidence intervals: 0.44-0.75 million) in 1990 to 0.28 million (0.19-0.42 million) in the specified period. Among these excess deaths, approximately 99 % were among adults, while only around 1 % occurred among children. Our findings reveal a steady increase in fire mortality fractions (excess deaths from fires per 1000 deaths from ambient PM2.5) from 2 in 1990 to 13 in 2019. Notably, countries in Eastern Europe exhibited significantly higher fire mortality fractions and experienced more pronounced increases compared to those in Western and Central Europe. We performed sensitivity analyses by considering fire PM2.5 to be more toxic as compared to other sources, as indicated by recent studies. By considering fire PM2.5 to be more toxic than other PM2.5 sources results in an increased relative contribution of fires to excess deaths, reaching 2.5-13 % in 2019. Our results indicate the requirement of larger mitigation and adaptation efforts and more sustainable forest management policies to avert the rising health burden from fires.
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- CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway
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Sousa-Pinto B, Palamarchuk Y, Leemann L, Jankin S, Basagaña X, Ballester J, Bedbrook A, Czarlewski W, Almeida R, Haahtela T, Haveri H, Prass M, Henriques T, Vieira RJ, Klimek L, Ollert M, Shamji MH, Jutel M, Del Giacco S, Torres MJ, Zuberbier T, Fonseca JA, Sofiev M, Anto JM, Bousquet J. From MASK-air and SILAM to CATALYSE (Climate Action To Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe). J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2024; 34:12-19. [PMID: 37498647 DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Plant species vary under different climatic conditions and the distribution of pollen in the air. Trends in pollen distribution can be used to assess the impact of climate change on public health. In 2015, the Mobile Airways Sentinel networK for rhinitis and asthma (MASK-air®) was launched as a project of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-on-AHA, DG Santé and DG CONNECT). This project aimed to develop a warning system to inform patients about the onset of the pollen season, namely, the System for Integrated modeLling of Atmospheric coMposition (SILAM). A global-to-meso-scale dispersion model was developed by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). It provides quantitative information on atmospheric pollution of anthropogenic and natural origins, particularly on allergenic pollens. Impact of Air Pollution on Asthma and Rhinitis (POLLAR, EIT Health) has combined MASK-air clinical data with SILAM forecasts. A new Horizon Europe grant (Climate Action to Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe [CATALYSE]; grant agreement number 101057131), which came into force in September 2022, aims to improve our understanding of climate change and help us find ways to counteractit. One objective of this project is to develop early warning systems and predictive models to improve the effectiveness of strategies for adapting to climate change. One of the warning systems is focused on allergic rhinitis (CATALYSE Task 3.2), with a collaboration between the FMI (Finland), Porto University (Portugal), MASK-air SAS (France), ISGlobal (Spain), Hertie School (Germany), and the University of Zurich (Switzerland). It is to be implemented with the support of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. This paper reports the planning of CATALYSE Task 3.2.
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- B Sousa-Pinto
- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Political Science, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Data Science Lab, Hertie School, Berlin, Germany
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- MASK-air SAS, Montpellier, France
- Medical Consulting Czarlewski, Levallois, France
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Medical Consulting Czarlewski, Levallois, France
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Health and Hospital Care Services, Wellbeing services county of Päijät-Häme, Lahti, Finland
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- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
- Coordination Unit, Lahti University Campus, Lahti, Finland
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Center, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Wrocław Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
- ALL-MED Medical Research Institute, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health and Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital "Duilio Casula", University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga University, ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- MASK-air SAS, Montpellier, France
- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Curto A, Nunes J, Milà C, Nhacolo A, Hänninen R, Sofiev M, Valentín A, Saúte F, Kogevinas M, Sacoor C, Bassat Q, Tonne C. Associations between landscape fires and child morbidity in southern Mozambique: a time-series study. Lancet Planet Health 2024; 8:e41-e50. [PMID: 38199722 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00251-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological evidence linking exposure to landscape fires to child health remains scarce. We assessed the association between daily landscape fire smoke and child hospital visits and admissions in the Manhiça district, Mozambique, an area characterised by frequent forest and cropland fires. METHODS In this time-series analysis (2012-20), our primary metric for exposure to landscape fires was fire-originated PM2·5 from smoke dispersion hindcasts. We also assessed total and upwind fire exposure using daily satellite-derived fire density data. Daily numbers of hospital visits and admissions were extracted from an ongoing paediatric morbidity surveillance system (children aged ≤15 years). We applied quasi-Poisson regression models controlling for season, long-term trend, day of the week, temperature, and rainfall, and offsetting by annual population-time at risk to examine lag-specific association of fires on morbidity. FINDINGS A 10 μg/m3 increase in fire-originated PM2·5 was associated with a 6·12% (95% CI 0·37-12·21) increase in all-cause and a 12·43% (5·07-20·31) increase in respiratory-linked hospital visits on the following day. Positive associations were also observed for lag 0 and the cumulative lag of 0-1 days. Null associations were observed for hospital admissions. Landscape fires mostly occurred in forested areas; however, associations with child morbidity were stronger for cropland than for forest fires. INTERPRETATION Landscape fire smoke was associated with all-cause and respiratory-linked morbidity in children. Improved exposure assessment is needed to better quantify the contribution of landscape fire smoke to child health in regions with scarce air pollution monitoring. FUNDING H2020 project EXHAUSTION, Academy of Finland, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Generalitat de Catalunya, and Government of Mozambique and Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development.
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- Ariadna Curto
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Department de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Department de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Department de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Department de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain; Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Pediatrics Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Department de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique.
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Romanello M, Napoli CD, Green C, Kennard H, Lampard P, Scamman D, Walawender M, Ali Z, Ameli N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Beggs PJ, Belesova K, Berrang Ford L, Bowen K, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers J, Cross TJ, van Daalen KR, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dominguez-Salas P, Dubrow R, Ebi KL, Eckelman M, Ekins P, Freyberg C, Gasparyan O, Gordon-Strachan G, Graham H, Gunther SH, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Heidecke J, Hess JJ, Hsu SC, Jamart L, Jankin S, Jay O, Kelman I, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kniveton D, Kouznetsov R, Larosa F, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lott M, Lotto Batista M, Lowe R, Odhiambo Sewe M, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx JC, Mohajeri N, Momen NC, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrissey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Neville T, Nilsson M, Obradovich N, O'Hare MB, Oliveira C, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman O, Pega F, Pershing A, Rabbaniha M, Rickman J, Robinson EJZ, Rocklöv J, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman JD, Shumake-Guillemot J, Silbert G, Sofiev M, Springmann M, Stowell JD, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Thompson R, Tonne C, Treskova M, Trinanes JA, Wagner F, Warnecke L, Whitcombe H, Winning M, Wyns A, Yglesias-González M, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms. Lancet 2023; 402:2346-2394. [PMID: 37977174 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01859-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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- Marina Romanello
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
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- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Heat and Health Research Incubator, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- International Development Department, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation, Lecce, Italy
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- Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Information Systems, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Political Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Carlos Vidal Layseca School of Public Health and Management, Cayetano Heredia Pervuvian University, Lima, Peru
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- Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, UK
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA
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- Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for AI in Government, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Heat and Health Research Incubator, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, Laxenburg, Austria
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- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton and Hove, UK
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- Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Health, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
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- Environmental Studies Program, Denison University, Granville, OH, USA
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Data Science Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany
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- Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Technology Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department for Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Health, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
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- Center for Science and Technology Policy, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, Laxenburg, Austria
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, Laxenburg, Austria
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centro Latinoamericano de Excelencia en Cambio Climatico y Salud, Cayetano Heredia Pervuvian University, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Experimental and Translational Medicine and Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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Meinander O, Kouznetsov R, Uppstu A, Sofiev M, Kaakinen A, Salminen J, Rontu L, Welti A, Francis D, Piedehierro AA, Heikkilä P, Heikkinen E, Laaksonen A. African dust transport and deposition modelling verified through a citizen science campaign in Finland. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21379. [PMID: 38049489 PMCID: PMC10695925 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46321-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
Abstract
African desert dust is emitted and long-range transported with multiple effects on climate, air quality, cryosphere, and ecosystems. On 21-23 February 2021, dust from a sand and dust storm in northern Africa was transported to Finland, north of 60°N. The episode was predicted 5 days in advance by the global operational SILAM forecast, and its key features were confirmed and detailed by a retrospective analysis. The scavenging of dust by snowfall and freezing rain in Finland resulted in a rare case of substantial mineral dust contamination of snow surfaces over a large area in the southern part of the country. A citizen science campaign was set up to collect contaminated snow samples prepared according to the scientists' instructions. The campaign gained wide national interest in television, radio, newspapers and social media, and dust samples were received from 525 locations in Finland, up to 64.3°N. The samples were utilised in investigating the ability of an atmospheric dispersion model to simulate the dust episode. The analysis confirmed that dust came from a wide Sahara and Sahel area from 5000 km away. Our results reveal the features of this rare event and demonstrate how deposition samples can be used to evaluate the skills and limitations of current atmospheric models in simulating transport of African dust towards northern Europe.
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- Outi Meinander
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Gustaf Hällströmin Katu 2, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Gustaf Hällströmin Katu 2, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
- Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Vuorimiehentie 2, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteorological Research, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Research Coordination, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Earth Sciences Department, Khalifa University, 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Research Coordination, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Vuorimiehentie 2, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Research Coordination, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 70210, Kuopio, Finland
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Sofiev M, Buters J, Tummon F, Fatahi Y, Sozinova O, Adams-Groom B, Bergmann KC, Dahl Å, Gehrig R, Gilge S, Seliger AK, Kouznetsov R, Lieberherr G, O'Connor D, Oteros J, Palamarchuk J, Ribeiro H, Werchan B, Werchan M, Clot B. Designing an automatic pollen monitoring network for direct usage of observations to reconstruct the concentration fields. Sci Total Environ 2023; 900:165800. [PMID: 37595925 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
Abstract
We consider several approaches to a design of a regional-to-continent-scale automatic pollen monitoring network in Europe. Practical challenges related to the arrangement of such a network limit the range of possible solutions. A hierarchical network is discussed, highlighting the necessity of a few reference sites that follow an extended observations protocol and have corresponding capabilities. Several theoretically rigorous approaches to a network design have been developed so far. However, before starting the process, a network purpose, a criterion of its performance, and a concept of the data usage should be formalized. For atmospheric composition monitoring, developments follow one of the two concepts: a network for direct representation of concentration fields and a network for model-based data assimilation, inverse problem solution, and forecasting. The current paper demonstrates the first approach, whereas the inverse problems are considered in a follow-up paper. We discuss the approaches for the network design from theoretical and practical standpoints, formulate criteria for the network optimality, and consider practical constraints for an automatic pollen network. An application of the methodology is demonstrated for a prominent example of Germany's pollen monitoring network. The multi-step method includes (i) the network representativeness and (ii) redundancy evaluation followed by (iii) fidelity evaluation and improvement using synthetic data.
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- Mikhail Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Chemin de l'Aérologie 1, 1530 Payerne, Switzerland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Rainis bvld 19, Riga LV-1586, Latvia
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Chemin de l'Aérologie 1, 1530 Payerne, Switzerland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Chemin de l'Aérologie 1, 1530 Payerne, Switzerland
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Rabanales Campus, Celestino Mutis Building, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain; Andalusian Inter-University Institute for Earth System IISTA, University of Cordoba, Spain
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto and Earth Sciences Institute (ICT), Pole of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
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- German Pollen Information Service Foundation (PID), Berlin, Germany
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- German Pollen Information Service Foundation (PID), Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Chemin de l'Aérologie 1, 1530 Payerne, Switzerland
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Bousquet J, Shamji MH, Anto JM, Schünemann HJ, Canonica GW, Jutel M, Del Giacco S, Zuberbier T, Pfaar O, Fonseca JA, Sousa-Pinto B, Klimek L, Czarlewski W, Bedbrook A, Amaral R, Ansotegui IJ, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Braido F, Loureiro CC, Gemicioglu B, Haahtela T, Kulus M, Kuna P, Kupczyk M, Matricardi PM, Regateiro FS, Samolinski B, Sofiev M, Toppila-Salmi S, Valiulis A, Ventura MT, Barbara C, Bergmann KC, Bewick M, Blain H, Bonini M, Boulet LP, Bourret R, Brusselle G, Brussino L, Buhl R, Cardona V, Casale T, Cecchi L, Charpin D, Cherrez-Ojeda I, Chu DK, Cingi C, Costa EM, Cruz AA, Devillier P, Dramburg S, Fokkens WJ, Gotua M, Heffler E, Ispayeva Z, Ivancevich JC, Joos G, Kaidashev I, Kraxner H, Kvedariene V, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Laune D, Lourenço O, Louis R, Makela M, Makris M, Maurer M, Melén E, Micheli Y, Morais-Almeida M, Mullol J, Niedoszytko M, O'Hehir R, Okamoto Y, Olze H, Papadopoulos NG, Papi A, Patella V, Pétré B, Pham-Thi N, Puggioni F, Quirce S, Roche N, Rouadi PW, Sá-Sousa A, Sagara H, Sastre J, Scichilone N, Sheikh A, Sova M, Ulrik CS, Taborda-Barata L, Todo-Bom A, Torres MJ, Tsiligianni I, Usmani OS, Valovirta E, Vasankari T, Vieira RJ, Wallace D, Waserman S, Zidarn M, Yorgancioglu A, Zhang L, Chivato T, Ollert M. Patient-centred digital biomarkers for allergic respiratory diseases and asthma: the ARIA-EAACI approach. Allergy 2023. [PMID: 37042071 DOI: 10.1111/all.15740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
Abstract
Biomarkers for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with rhinitis and/or asthma are urgently needed. Although some biologic biomarkers exist in specialist care for asthma, they cannot be largely used in primary care. There are no validated biomarkers in rhinitis or allergen immunotherapy (AIT) that can be used in clinical practice. The digital transformation of health and health care (including mHealth) places the patient at the centre of the health system and is likely to optimise the practice of allergy. ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) and EAACI (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) developed a Task Force aimed at proposing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) as digital biomarkers that can be easily used for different purposes in rhinitis and asthma. It first defined control digital biomarkers that should make a bridge between clinical practice, randomised controlled trials, observational real-life studies and allergen challenges. Using the MASK-air app as a model, a daily electronic combined symptom-medication score for allergic diseases (CSMS) or for asthma (e-DASTHMA), combined with a monthly control questionnaire, were embedded in a strategy similar to the diabetes approach for disease control. To mimic real-life, it secondly proposed quality-of-life digital biomarkers including daily EQ-5D visual analogue scales and the bi-weekly RhinAsthma Patient Perspective (RAAP). The potential implications for the management of allergic respiratory diseases were proposed.
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- Jean Bousquet
- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- University Hospital Montpellier, France
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Wrocław Medical University, Poland
- ALL-MED Medical Research Institute, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health and Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital "Duilio Casula", University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Section of Rhinology and Allergy, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE- Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE- Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- MASK-air, Montpellier, France
- ARIA, Montpellier, France
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE- Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quironsalud Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
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- Quality Use of Respiratory Medicines Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Pharmacy School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Respiratory Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Pneumology Unit, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lotz, Poland
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lotz, Poland
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- Pediatric Pulmonology, Immunology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (ICBR) Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards, Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council (Ispa-CNR), Bari, Italy
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- Portuguese NaTional Programme for Respiratory Diseases, Direção -Geral da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Central Lancashire Medical School, Preston, UK
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- Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurological, ENT and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- Mauriziano Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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- Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- ARADyAL Research Network, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
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- SOS Allergology and Clinical Immunology, USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
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- Clinique des Bronches, Allergie et Sommeil, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
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- Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador
- Respiralab Research Group, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty, ENT Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- UCIBIO, REQUINTE, Faculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy Ageing, University of Porto (Porto4Ageing), Portugal
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- Fundaçao ProAR, Federal University of Bahia and GARD/WHO Planning Group, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- VIM Suresnes, UMR 0892, Pôle des Maladies des Voies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Immunology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center of Allergy and Immunology, David Tvildiani Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Kazakhstan Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology of the Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Clinic of Chest Diseases and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Center of Excellence in Asthma and Allergy, Médica Sur Clinical Foundation and Hospital, México City, Mexico
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and CICS - UBI, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CHU, Liège, Liège, Belgium
- GIGA I3 Research Group, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Allergy Unit "D Kalogeromitros", 2nd Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sach´s Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
- Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Alfred Health and Department of Immunology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Respiratory Medicine, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, "Santa Maria della Speranza" Hospital, Battipaglia, Salerno, Italy
- Agency of Health ASL, Salerno, Italy
- Postgraduate Programme in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Ecole Polytechnique de Palaiseau, Palaiseau, France
- IRBA (Institut de Recherche Bio-Médicale des Armées), Brétigny sur Orge, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Personalized Medicine, Asthma & Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Allergy, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Spain
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- Pneumologie, AP-HP, Centre Université de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Eye and Ear, University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dar Al Shifa Hospital-, Salmiya, Kuwait
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE- Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Allergy Service, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Autonoma University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Tuberculosis, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital-Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Institute of Cinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Immunoallergology, Cova da Beira University Hospital Centre, Covilhã, Portugal
- UBIAir - Clinical & Experimental Lung Centre and CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Allergy Unit, Málaga Regional University Hospital-IBIMA, Málaga, Spain
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- International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Health Planning Unit, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Royal Brompton Hospital, Airways Disease Section, London, UK
- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- FIHLA, Finnish Lung Health Association, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- CINTESIS@RISE- Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Nova Southeastern University, College of Allopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Slovenia
- University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, TongRen Hospital and Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine, University CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Odense, Denmark
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Maya-Manzano JM, Tummon F, Abt R, Allan N, Bunderson L, Clot B, Crouzy B, Daunys G, Erb S, Gonzalez-Alonso M, Graf E, Grewling Ł, Haus J, Kadantsev E, Kawashima S, Martinez-Bracero M, Matavulj P, Mills S, Niederberger E, Lieberherr G, Lucas RW, O'Connor DJ, Oteros J, Palamarchuk J, Pope FD, Rojo J, Šaulienė I, Schäfer S, Schmidt-Weber CB, Schnitzler M, Šikoparija B, Skjøth CA, Sofiev M, Stemmler T, Triviño M, Zeder Y, Buters J. Towards European automatic bioaerosol monitoring: Comparison of 9 automatic pollen observational instruments with classic Hirst-type traps. Sci Total Environ 2023; 866:161220. [PMID: 36584954 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
To benefit allergy patients and the medical practitioners, pollen information should be available in both a reliable and timely manner; the latter is only recently possible due to automatic monitoring. To evaluate the performance of all currently available automatic instruments, an international intercomparison campaign was jointly organised by the EUMETNET AutoPollen Programme and the ADOPT COST Action in Munich, Germany (March-July 2021). The automatic systems (hardware plus identification algorithms) were compared with manual Hirst-type traps. Measurements were aggregated into 3-hourly or daily values to allow comparison across all devices. We report results for total pollen as well as for Betula, Fraxinus, Poaceae, and Quercus, for all instruments that provided these data. The results for daily averages compared better with Hirst observations than the 3-hourly values. For total pollen, there was a considerable spread among systems, with some reaching R2 > 0.6 (3 h) and R2 > 0.75 (daily) compared with Hirst-type traps, whilst other systems were not suitable to sample total pollen efficiently (R2 < 0.3). For individual pollen types, results similar to the Hirst were frequently shown by a small group of systems. For Betula, almost all systems performed well (R2 > 0.75 for 9 systems for 3-hourly data). Results for Fraxinus and Quercus were not as good for most systems, while for Poaceae (with some exceptions), the performance was weakest. For all pollen types and for most measurement systems, false positive classifications were observed outside of the main pollen season. Different algorithms applied to the same device also showed different results, highlighting the importance of this aspect of the measurement system. Overall, given the 30 % error on daily concentrations that is currently accepted for Hirst-type traps, several automatic systems are currently capable of being used operationally to provide real-time observations at high temporal resolutions. They provide distinct advantages compared to the manual Hirst-type measurements.
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- José M Maya-Manzano
- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Payerne, Switzerland.
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Payerne, Switzerland.
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Payerne, Switzerland.
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Payerne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Aerobiology, Department of Systematic and Environmental Botany, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Helmut Hund Wetzlar, Wetzlar, Germany.
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- BioSense Institute Research Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Payerne, Switzerland.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain.
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- BioSense Institute Research Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, United Kingdom
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- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technical University and Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Beggs PJ, Clot B, Sofiev M, Johnston FH. Climate change, airborne allergens, and three translational mitigation approaches. EBioMedicine 2023:104478. [PMID: 36805358 PMCID: PMC10363419 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
Abstract
One of the important adverse impacts of climate change on human health is increases in allergic respiratory diseases such as allergic rhinitis and asthma. This impact is via the effects of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and air temperature on sources of airborne allergens such as pollen and fungal spores. This review describes these effects and then explores three translational mitigation approaches that may lead to improved health outcomes, with recent examples and developments highlighted. Impacts have already been observed on the seasonality, production and atmospheric concentration, allergenicity, and geographic distribution of airborne allergens, and these are projected to continue into the future. A technological revolution is underway that has the potential to advance patient management by better avoiding associated increased exposures, including automated real-time airborne allergen monitoring, airborne allergen forecasting and modelling, and smartphone apps for mitigating the health impacts of airborne allergens.
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- Paul J Beggs
- School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia.
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, 1530 Payerne, Switzerland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7005, Australia
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Bousquet J, Anto JM, Sousa‐Pinto B, Czarlewski W, Bedbrook A, Haahtela T, Klimek L, Pfaar O, Kuna P, Kupczyk M, Regateiro FS, Samolinski B, Valiulis A, Yorgancioglu A, Arnavielhe S, Basagaña X, Bergmann KC, Bosnic‐Anticevich S, Brussino L, Canonica GW, Cardona V, Cecchi L, Chaves‐Loureiro C, Costa E, Cruz AA, Gemicioglu B, Fokkens WJ, Ivancevich JC, Kraxner H, Kvedariene V, Larenas‐Linnemann DE, Laune D, Louis R, Makris M, Maurer M, Melén E, Micheli Y, Morais‐Almeida M, Mullol J, Niedoszytko M, Okamoto Y, Papadopoulos NG, Patella V, Pham‐Thi N, Rouadi PW, Sastre J, Scichilone N, Sheikh A, Sofiev M, Taborda‐Barata L, Toppila‐Salmi S, Tsiligianni I, Valovirta E, Ventura MT, Vieira RJ, Zidarn M, Amaral R, Ansotegui IJ, Bédard A, Benveniste S, Bewick M, Bindslev‐Jensen C, Blain H, Bonini M, Bourret R, Braido F, Carreiro‐Martins P, Charpin D, Cherrez‐Ojeda I, Chivato T, Chu DK, Cingi C, Del Giacco S, de Blay F, Devillier P, De Vries G, Doulaptsi M, Doyen V, Dray G, Fontaine J, Gomez RM, Hagemann J, Heffler E, Hofmann M, Jassem E, Jutel M, Keil T, Kritikos V, Kull I, Kulus M, Lourenço O, Mathieu‐Dupas E, Menditto E, Mösges R, Murray R, Nadif R, Neffen H, Nicola S, O’Hehir R, Olze H, Palamarchuk Y, Pépin J, Pétré B, Picard R, Pitsios C, Puggioni F, Quirce S, Raciborski F, Reitsma S, Roche N, Rodriguez‐Gonzalez M, Romantowski J, Sá‐Sousa A, Serpa FS, Savouré M, Shamji MH, Sova M, Sperl A, Stellato C, Todo‐Bom A, Tomazic PV, Vandenplas O, Van Eerd M, Vasankari T, Viart F, Waserman S, Fonseca JA, Zuberbier T. Digitally-enabled, patient-centred care in rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity: The ARIA-MASK-air ® approach. Clin Transl Allergy 2023; 13:e12215. [PMID: 36705508 PMCID: PMC9823305 DOI: 10.1002/clt2.12215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
MASK-air® , a validated mHealth app (Medical Device regulation Class IIa) has enabled large observational implementation studies in over 58,000 people with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma. It can help to address unmet patient needs in rhinitis and asthma care. MASK-air® is a Good Practice of DG Santé on digitally-enabled, patient-centred care. It is also a candidate Good Practice of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). MASK-air® data has enabled novel phenotype discovery and characterisation, as well as novel insights into the management of allergic rhinitis. MASK-air® data show that most rhinitis patients (i) are not adherent and do not follow guidelines, (ii) use as-needed treatment, (iii) do not take medication when they are well, (iv) increase their treatment based on symptoms and (v) do not use the recommended treatment. The data also show that control (symptoms, work productivity, educational performance) is not always improved by medications. A combined symptom-medication score (ARIA-EAACI-CSMS) has been validated for clinical practice and trials. The implications of the novel MASK-air® results should lead to change management in rhinitis and asthma.
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- Jean Bousquet
- Institute of AllergologyCharité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinCorporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany,Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMPAllergology and ImmunologyBerlinGermany,University Hospital MontpellierMontpellierFrance,InsermEquipe d’Epidémiologie Respiratoire IntégrativeCESPVillejuifFrance
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- ISGlobalBarcelona Institute for Global HealthBarcelonaSpain,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)BarcelonaSpain,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)BarcelonaSpain
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- MEDCIDS ‐ Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision SciencesFaculty of MedicineUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal,CINTESIS – Health Research NetworkFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal,RISE – Health Research Network, MEDCIDSFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal
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- Skin and Allergy HospitalHelsinki University HospitalUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck SurgeryUniversitätsmedizin MainzMainzGermany,Center for Rhinology and AllergologyWiesbadenGermany
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- Section of Rhinology and AllergyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity Hospital MarburgPhilipps‐Universität MarburgMarburgGermany
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and AllergyBarlicki University HospitalMedical University of LodzLodzPoland
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and AllergyBarlicki University HospitalMedical University of LodzLodzPoland
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology UnitCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de CoimbraCoimbraPortugal,ICBR, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, CIBBFaculty of MedicineUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal,Institute of ImmunologyFaculty of MedicineUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
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- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards, Allergology and ImmunologyMedical University of WarsawWarsawPoland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Health SciencesVilniusLithuania,Medical Faculty of Vilnius UniversityVilniusLithuania
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- Department of Pulmonary DiseasesCelal Bayar University, Faculty of MedicineManisaTurkey
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- ISGlobalBarcelona Institute for Global HealthBarcelonaSpain,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)BarcelonaSpain,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)BarcelonaSpain
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- Institute of AllergologyCharité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinCorporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany,Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMPAllergology and ImmunologyBerlinGermany
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- Quality Use of Respiratory Medicine GroupWoolcock Institute of Medical ResearchThe University of SydneySydneyNSWAustralia,Sydney Local Health DistrictSydneyNSWAustralia
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- Department of Medical SciencesAllergy and Clinical Immunology UnitUniversity of TorinoTorinoItaly,Mauriziano HospitalTorinoItaly
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas University, Pieve EmanueleMilanItaly,Personalized Medicine, Asthma and AllergyHumanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCSRozzanoItaly
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- Allergy SectionDepartment of Internal MedicineHospital Vall d'HebronBarcelonaSpain,ARADyAL Research NetworkBarcelonaSpain
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- SOS Allergology and Clinical ImmunologyUSL Toscana CentroPratoItaly
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- Pneumology UnitHospitais da Universidade de CoimbraCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUINTEFaculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy AgeingUniversity of Porto (Porto4Ageing)PortoPortugal
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- Fundaçao ProARFederal University of Bahia and GARD/WHO Planning GroupSalvadorBahiaBrazil
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- Cerrahpasa Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Pulmonary DiseasesIstanbul University‐CerrahpasaIstanbulTurkey
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- Department of OtorhinolaryngologyAmsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck SurgerySemmelweis UniversityBudapestHungary
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- Faculty of MedicineInstitute of Clinical MedicineClinic of Chest Diseases and AllergologyVilnius UniversityVilniusLithuania,Faculty of MedicineDepartment of PathologyInstitute of Biomedical SciencesVilnius UniversityVilniusLithuania
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- Department of Pulmonary MedicineCHU LiegeLiègeBelgium,GIGA I3 Research GroupUniversity of LiegeLiègeBelgium
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- Allergy Unit “D Kalogeromitros”2nd Department of Dermatology and VenereologyNational & Kapodistrian University of Athens“Attikon” University HospitalAthensGreece
| | - Marcus Maurer
- Institute of AllergologyCharité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinCorporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany,Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMPAllergology and ImmunologyBerlinGermany
| | - Erik Melén
- Sach's Children and Youth HospitalSödersjukhusetStockholmSweden,Department of Clinical Science and EducationSödersjukhusetKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
| | | | | | - Joaquim Mullol
- Rhinology Unit & Smell ClinicENT DepartmentHospital ClínicBarcelonaSpain,Clinical & Experimental Respiratory ImmunoallergyIDIBAPS, CIBERESUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyDepartment of Medicine“Santa Maria della Speranza” Hospital, BattipagliaSalernoItaly,Agency of Health ASLSalernoItaly
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- Ecole Polytechnique PalaiseauIRBA (Institut de Recherche Bio‐Médicale des Armées)BretignyFrance
| | - Philip W. Rouadi
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck SurgeryEye and Ear University HospitalBeirutLebanon,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck SurgeryDar Al Shifa HospitalSalmiyaKuwait
| | - Joaquin Sastre
- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, CIBERESFaculty of MedicineAutonoma University of MadridMadridSpain
| | | | - Aziz Sheikh
- Usher InstituteThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
| | | | - Luis Taborda‐Barata
- Department of ImmunoallergologyCova da Beira University Hospital CentreCovilhãPortugal,UBIAir ‐ Clinical & Experimental Lung Centre and CICS‐UBI Health Sciences Research CentreUniversity of Beira InteriorCovilhãPortugal
| | - Sanna Toppila‐Salmi
- Skin and Allergy HospitalHelsinki University HospitalUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
| | - Ioanna Tsiligianni
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRGAberdeenScotland,Health Planning UnitFaculty of MedicineDepartment of Social MedicineUniversity of CreteCreteGreece
| | - Erkka Valovirta
- Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical ImmunologyUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland,Terveystalo Allergy ClinicTurkuFinland
| | | | - Rafael José Vieira
- MEDCIDS ‐ Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision SciencesFaculty of MedicineUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal,CINTESIS – Health Research NetworkFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal,RISE – Health Research Network, MEDCIDSFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic DiseasesGolnikSlovenia,Faculty of MedicineUniversity of LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
| | - Rita Amaral
- MEDCIDS ‐ Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision SciencesFaculty of MedicineUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal,CINTESIS – Health Research NetworkFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal,RISE – Health Research Network, MEDCIDSFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal
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- InsermEquipe d’Epidémiologie Respiratoire IntégrativeCESPVillejuifFrance,Université Paris‐Saclay, UVSQUniversity Paris‐SudVillejuifFrance
| | - Samuel Benveniste
- National Center of Expertise in Cognitive Stimulation (CEN STIMCO)Broca HospitalParisFrance,Mines ParisTech CRI ‐ PSL Research UniversityFontainebleauFrance
| | - Michael Bewick
- University of Central Lancashire Medical SchoolPrestonUK
| | - Carsten Bindslev‐Jensen
- Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA)OdenseDenmark,Department of Dermatology and Allergy CentreOdense University HospitalOdenseFinland
| | - Hubert Blain
- Department of GeriatricsMontpellier University Hospital, MUSEMontpellierFrance
| | - Matteo Bonini
- Department of Clinical and Surgical SciencesFondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCSRomeItaly,National Heart and Lung InstituteRoyal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College LondonLondonUK
| | | | - Fulvio Braido
- Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI)University of GenoaGenovaItaly,IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San MartinoGenovaItaly
| | - Pedro Carreiro‐Martins
- NOVA Medical School/Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC)LisbonPortugal,Serviço de ImunoalergologiaHospital de Dona EstefâniaCentro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa CentralLisbonPortugal
| | - Denis Charpin
- Clinique des BronchesAllergie et SommeilHôpital NordMarseilleFrance
| | - Ivan Cherrez‐Ojeda
- Universidad Espíritu SantoSamborondónEcuador,Respiralab Research GroupGuayaquil, GuayasEcuador
| | - Tomas Chivato
- School of MedicineUniversity CEU San PabloMadridSpain
| | - Derek K. Chu
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact & Department of MedicineMcMaster UniversityHamiltonONCanada
| | - Cemal Cingi
- Medical FacultyENT DepartmentEskisehir Osmangazi UniversityEskisehirTurkey
| | - Stefano Del Giacco
- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health and Unit of Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyUniversity Hospital “Duilio Casula”University of CagliariCagliariItaly
| | - Frédéric de Blay
- Allergy DivisionChest Disease DepartmentUniversity Hospital of StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance,Federation of Translational MedicineUniversity of StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance
| | - Philippe Devillier
- VIM Suresnes, UMR 0892Pôle des Maladies des Voies RespiratoiresHôpital FochUniversité Paris‐SaclaySuresnesFrance
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity Hospital of CreteHeraklion, CreteGreece
| | - Virginie Doyen
- Department of Chest MedicineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL NamurNamurBelgique,Université Catholique de LouvainYvoirBelgium
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck SurgeryUniversitätsmedizin MainzMainzGermany,Center for Rhinology and AllergologyWiesbadenGermany
| | - Enrico Heffler
- Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas University, Pieve EmanueleMilanItaly,Personalized Medicine, Asthma and AllergyHumanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCSRozzanoItaly
| | - Maja Hofmann
- Institute of AllergologyCharité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinCorporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany,Berlin Institute of HealthBerlinGermany
| | - Ewa Jassem
- Department of PneumologyMedical University of GdańskGdańskPoland
| | - Marek Jutel
- Department of Clinical ImmunologyWrocław Medical UniversityWrocławPoland,ALL‐MED Medical Research InstituteWroclawPoland
| | - Thomas Keil
- Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health EconomicsCharité ‐ Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany,Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and BiometryUniversity of WuerzburgWuerzburgGermany,State Institute of Health, Bavarian Health and Food Safety AuthorityErlangenGermany
| | - Vicky Kritikos
- Quality Use of Respiratory Medicine GroupWoolcock Institute of Medical ResearchThe University of SydneySydneyNSWAustralia
| | - Inger Kull
- Sach's Children and Youth HospitalSödersjukhusetStockholmSweden,Department of Clinical Science and EducationSödersjukhusetKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
| | - Marek Kulus
- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and AllergologyMedical University of WarsawWarsawPoland
| | - Olga Lourenço
- Faculty of Health Sciences and CICS – UBIHealth Sciences Research CentreUniversity of Beira InteriorCovilhãPortugal
| | | | - Enrica Menditto
- CIRFFDepartment of PharmacyUniversity of Naples Federico IINaplesItaly
| | - Ralph Mösges
- CRI‐Clinical Research International‐LtdHamburgGermany
| | - Ruth Murray
- Medical Communication ConsultantMedscript Ltd, DundalkIreland and WellingtonNew Zealand,Research FellowOPCCambridgeUK
| | - Rachel Nadif
- InsermEquipe d’Epidémiologie Respiratoire IntégrativeCESPVillejuifFrance,Université Paris‐Saclay, UVSQUniversity Paris‐SudVillejuifFrance
| | - Hugo Neffen
- Center of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory DiseasesSanta FeArgentina
| | - Stefania Nicola
- Department of Medical SciencesAllergy and Clinical Immunology UnitUniversity of TorinoTorinoItaly
| | - Robyn O’Hehir
- Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory MedicineAlfred Hospital and Central Clinical SchoolMonash UniversityMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
| | - Heidi Olze
- Berlin Institute of HealthBerlinGermany,Department of OtorhinolaryngologyCharité‐Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Université Grenoble AlpesLaboratoire HP2GrenobleFrance,INSERMU1042VillejuifFrance
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- Conseil Général de l'Economie Ministère de l'Economiede l'Industrie et du NumériqueParisFrance
| | | | - Francesca Puggioni
- Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas University, Pieve EmanueleMilanItaly,Personalized Medicine, Asthma and AllergyHumanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCSRozzanoItaly
| | - Santiago Quirce
- Department of AllergyHospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ)MadridSpain
| | - Filip Raciborski
- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards, Allergology and ImmunologyMedical University of WarsawWarsawPoland
| | - Sietze Reitsma
- Department of OtorhinolaryngologyAmsterdam University Medical Centres, AMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
| | - Nicolas Roche
- PneumologieAP‐HP Centre Université de Paris CitéHôpital CochinParisFrance,UMR 1016Institut CochinParisFrance
| | | | - Jan Romantowski
- Department of AllergologyMedical University of GdańskGdanskPoland
| | - Ana Sá‐Sousa
- MEDCIDS ‐ Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision SciencesFaculty of MedicineUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal,CINTESIS – Health Research NetworkFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal,RISE – Health Research Network, MEDCIDSFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal
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- Asthma Reference Center ‐ School of Medicine of Santa Casa de Misericórdia of VitóriaVitoria, Espirito SantoBrazil
| | - Marine Savouré
- InsermEquipe d’Epidémiologie Respiratoire IntégrativeCESPVillejuifFrance,Université Paris‐Saclay, UVSQUniversity Paris‐SudVillejuifFrance
| | - Mohamed H. Shamji
- National Heart and Lung InstituteImperial CollegeLondonUK,NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research CentreLondonUK
| | - Milan Sova
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and TuberculosisUniversity HospitalBrnoCzech Republic
| | - Annette Sperl
- Center for Rhinology and AllergologyWiesbadenGermany
| | - Cristiana Stellato
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”University of SalernoSalernoItaly
| | - Ana Todo‐Bom
- ImunoalergologiaCentro Hospitalar Universitário de CoimbraFaculty of MedicineUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
| | - Peter Valentin Tomazic
- Department of General ORLH&NSMedical University of GrazENT‐University Hospital GrazGrazSteiermarkAustria
| | - Olivier Vandenplas
- Department of Chest MedicineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL NamurNamurBelgique,Université Catholique de LouvainYvoirBelgium
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- Fihla, Finnish Lung AssociationHelsinkiFinland,University of TurkuTurkuFinland
| | | | - Susan Waserman
- Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and AllergyMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
| | - Joao A. Fonseca
- MEDCIDS ‐ Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision SciencesFaculty of MedicineUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal,CINTESIS – Health Research NetworkFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal,RISE – Health Research Network, MEDCIDSFaculty of Medicine, University of PortoPortoPortugal
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- Institute of AllergologyCharité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinCorporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany,Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMPAllergology and ImmunologyBerlinGermany
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Romanello M, Di Napoli C, Drummond P, Green C, Kennard H, Lampard P, Scamman D, Arnell N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Ford LB, Belesova K, Bowen K, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers J, van Daalen KR, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dominguez-Salas P, Dubrow R, Ebi KL, Eckelman M, Ekins P, Escobar LE, Georgeson L, Graham H, Gunther SH, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Hess JJ, Hsu SC, Jankin S, Jamart L, Jay O, Kelman I, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kjellstrom T, Kniveton D, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lott M, Batista ML, Lowe R, MacGuire F, Sewe MO, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McGushin A, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx JC, Mohajeri N, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrissey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Neville T, Nilsson M, Obradovich N, O'Hare MB, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman O, Rabbaniha M, Robinson EJZ, Rocklöv J, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman JD, Shi L, Shumake-Guillemot J, Silbert G, Sofiev M, Springmann M, Stowell J, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Triñanes J, Wagner F, Wilkinson P, Winning M, Yglesias-González M, Zhang S, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels. Lancet 2022; 400:1619-1654. [PMID: 36306815 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01540-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 140.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marina Romanello
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
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- School of Agriculture Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Global Health, Centre for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
| | - Pete Lampard
- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change, and Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Carole Dalin
- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Government, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
| | - Shouro Dasgupta
- Economic Analysis of Climate Impacts and Policy Division, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Venice, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
| | - Kristie L Ebi
- Department of Global Health, Centre for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Matthew Eckelman
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Paul Ekins
- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
| | - Luis E Escobar
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
| | | | - Hilary Graham
- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
| | - Samuel H Gunther
- NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore
| | - Ian Hamilton
- UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | | | - Stella Hartinger
- Facultad de Salud Publica y Administracion, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
| | - Kehan He
- Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London, London, UK
| | - Jeremy J Hess
- Department of Global Health, Centre for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Shih-Che Hsu
- UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Data Science Lab, Hertie School, Berlin, Germany
| | | | - Ollie Jay
- Heat and Health Research Incubator, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
| | - Ilan Kelman
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
| | | | - Patrick Kinney
- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Health and Environmental International Trust, Nelson, New Zealand
| | | | - Jason K W Lee
- NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Health, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | - Zhao Liu
- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Programme, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies and Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
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- Center for Energy Markets, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Barlett School of Sustainable Construction, University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Environment, and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Preventative Medicine and Public Health Research Centre, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Technology, Management and Economics Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change, and Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Centre for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Arts, Media, and Digital Technologies, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand
| | - Fereidoon Owfi
- Iranian Fisheries Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran
| | - Olivia Pearman
- Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Iranian Fisheries Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran
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- Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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- Heidelberg Institute for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Centre forScientific Computing, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Renee N Salas
- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Jan C Semenza
- Heidelberg Institute for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Centre forScientific Computing, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Jodi D Sherman
- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
| | - Liuhua Shi
- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | | | - Grant Silbert
- Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Jennifer Stowell
- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Meisam Tabatabaei
- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
| | - Jonathon Taylor
- Department of Civil Engineering, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
| | - Joaquin Triñanes
- Department of Electronics and Computer Science, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
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- Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
| | - Paul Wilkinson
- Department of Public Health, Environment, and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Centro Latinoamericano de Excelencia en Cambio Climático y Salud, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
| | - Hugh Montgomery
- Centre for Human Health and Performance, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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Zhang W, Paatero J, Leppänen AP, Møller B, Jensen LK, Gudnason K, Sofiev M, Anderson P, Sickel M, Burakowska A, Kubicki M, Anderson A. Evaluation of 137Cs, 133Xe and 3H activity concentrations monitored in the Arctic atmosphere. J Environ Radioact 2022; 253-254:107013. [PMID: 36108555 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
This paper provides a brief introduction to the Arctic atmospheric radioactivity monitoring network. A decade of monitoring results have shown the 137Cs background levels in Arctic air range from 0.05 to 1.50 μBq/m3. The monitoring stations have sufficient sensitivity to detect 137Cs brought to the atmosphere due to resuspension in local soil and reemissions from biomass burning in a daily temporal resolution. These observations can be used as tracers for atmospheric processes. The 133Xe measurements obtained at Yellowknife, Resolute and Spitsbergen could support other research into how air pollution problems arise across intercontinental distances. It will help develop and improve models capable of predicting the long-distance transport and deposition of trace gases in the Arctic. Rainwater monitoring data collected in Finnish Lapland since the 1960's indicate that 3H radioactivity concentrations reached natural background levels in early 2000s, typically around 1-2 Bq/L monthly, with an annual seasonal variation cycle consistent with the observed of other cosmogenic radionuclides.
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- Weihua Zhang
- Radiation Protection Bureau of Heath Canada, Canada.
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- Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Norway
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- Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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van Daalen KR, Romanello M, Rocklöv J, Semenza JC, Tonne C, Markandya A, Dasandi N, Jankin S, Achebak H, Ballester J, Bechara H, Callaghan MW, Chambers J, Dasgupta S, Drummond P, Farooq Z, Gasparyan O, Gonzalez-Reviriego N, Hamilton I, Hänninen R, Kazmierczak A, Kendrovski V, Kennard H, Kiesewetter G, Lloyd SJ, Lotto Batista M, Martinez-Urtaza J, Milà C, Minx JC, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Palamarchuk J, Quijal-Zamorano M, Robinson EJZ, Scamman D, Schmoll O, Sewe MO, Sjödin H, Sofiev M, Solaraju-Murali B, Springmann M, Triñanes J, Anto JM, Nilsson M, Lowe R. The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future. Lancet Public Health 2022; 7:e942-e965. [PMID: 36306805 PMCID: PMC9597587 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00197-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kim R van Daalen
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK; Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - Jan C Semenza
- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Government, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Data Science Lab, Hertie School, Berlin, Germany
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany
| | - Jonathan Chambers
- Energy Efficiency Group, Institute for Environmental Sciences (ISE), University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Venice, Italy; Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- European Centre for Environment and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Bonn, Germany
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- Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Programme, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Department of Epidemiology, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, UK
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- European Centre for Environment and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food and Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Science, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain; Centre for Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK; Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
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Sofiev M, Sofieva S, Palamarchuk J, Šaulienė I, Kadantsev E, Atanasova N, Fatahi Y, Kouznetsov R, Kuula J, Noreikaite A, Peltonen M, Pihlajamäki T, Saarto A, Svirskaite J, Toiviainen L, Tyuryakov S, Šukienė L, Asmi E, Bamford D, Hyvärinen AP, Karppinen A. Bioaerosols in the atmosphere at two sites in Northern Europe in spring 2021: Outline of an experimental campaign. Environ Res 2022; 214:113798. [PMID: 35810819 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
A coordinated observational and modelling campaign targeting biogenic aerosols in the air was performed during spring 2021 at two locations in Northern Europe: Helsinki (Finland) and Siauliai (Lithuania), approximately 500 km from each other in north-south direction. The campaign started on March 1, 2021 in Siauliai (12 March in Helsinki) and continued till mid-May in Siauliai (end of May in Helsinki), thus recording the transition of the atmospheric biogenic aerosols profile from winter to summer. The observations included a variety of samplers working on different principles. The core of the program was based on 2- and 2.4--hourly sampling in Helsinki and Siauliai, respectively, with sticky slides (Hirst 24-h trap in Helsinki, Rapid-E slides in Siauliai). The slides were subsequently processed extracting the DNA from the collected aerosols, which was further sequenced using the 3-rd generation sequencing technology. The core sampling was accompanied with daily and daytime sampling using standard filter collectors. The hourly aerosol concentrations at the Helsinki monitoring site were obtained with a Poleno flow cytometer, which could recognize some of the aerosol types. The sampling campaign was supported by numerical modelling. For every sample, SILAM model was applied to calculate its footprint and to predict anthropogenic and natural aerosol concentrations, at both observation sites. The first results confirmed the feasibility of the DNA collection by the applied techniques: all but one delivered sufficient amount of DNA for the following analysis, in over 40% of the cases sufficient for direct DNA sequencing without the PCR step. A substantial variability of the DNA yield has been noticed, generally not following the diurnal variations of the total-aerosol concentrations, which themselves showed variability not related to daytime. An expected upward trend of the biological material amount towards summer was observed but the day-to-day variability was large. The campaign DNA analysis produced the first high-resolution dataset of bioaerosol composition in the North-European spring. It also highlighted the deficiency of generic DNA databases in applications to atmospheric biota: about 40% of samples were not identified with standard bioinformatic methods.
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- Mikhail Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Li C, Brasseur G, Granier C, Sofiev M, Timmermans R, Basart S, Pfister G, Kumar R, Caillard B, Boose Y. Introduction to the AQ-WATCH Project and the AQ-WATCH Toolkit to fight air pollution. Eur J Public Health 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
WHO states that 9 out of 10 persons in the world do not breath clean air and 8 million people die prematurely from air pollution each year. The problem is well understood, but actions to mitigate it are lacking. The purpose of the EU-funded AQ-WATCH Project is precisely to develop effective tools based on the most advanced science technologies to help decision-makers in government and the private sector to address air pollution issues in regions of the world where they operate.
Objectives
AQ-WATCH aims to develops a supply chain to generate innovative downstream products for improving air quality forecasts and attribution based on existing space/in-situ observations to improve public health and to optimize renewable energy in regions of the world. The project consortium includes research and business-oriented partners, who brings together the required expertise to define the optimal functionalities of these products to bring them to the market.
Results
The AQ-WATCH products are organized into 5 modules: (1) Air quality atlas, (2) Air quality attribution & mitigation, (3) Dust and fire forecast, (4) Fracking analysis, and (5) Air quality forecast. They are developed for 3 target regions (Beijing, Colorado and Santiago de Chile) and are integrated into a unified user-interface, the AQ-WATCH Toolkit. Product developers and prime users in the target regions are constantly interacting, and the user feedback is collected, analyzed and included during the product development.
Conclusions
Collaborative work done in AQ-WATCH shows strategic interaction between our research and business-oriented partners. Contributions from local parties are proven to be valuable for regional adaption of the products. A throughout dissemination including regional workshops is essential to ensure proper knowledge uptake by the target audience. Constant exchange with the private sector is required for a smooth transfer from scientific results to commercialized marketable products.
Key messages
• The AQ-WATCH Project follows EU’s initiative to utilize its space observations with added values to develop easily-accessible tools to fight air pollution applicable to regions of the world.
• The AQ-WATCH Toolkit is developed with iterative feedback exchanges between product developers and local users to address air pollution issues, and will be eventually exploited to the market.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Li
- Environmental Modeling, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology , Hamburg, Germany
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- Environmental Modeling, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology , Hamburg, Germany
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling, National Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Aérologie, CNRS-Université de Toulouse , Toulouse, France
- NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, CIRES, University of Colorado , Boulder, USA
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- Atmospheric Composition Modelling Group, Finnish Meteorological Institute , Helsinki, Finland
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- Climate, Air and Sustainability Department, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research , Utrecht, Netherlands
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- EaAtmospheric Composition Group, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre , Barcelona, Spain
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling, National Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, USA
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling, National Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, USA
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- INERIS DEVELOPPEMENT SAS , Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- BreezoMeter Ltd , Haifa, Israel
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Bousquet J, Pfaar O, Agache I, Bedbrook A, Akdis CA, Canonica GW, Chivato T, Al-Ahmad M, Abdul Latiff AH, Ansotegui IJ, Bachert C, Baharuddin A, Bergmann KC, Bindslev-Jensen C, Bjermer L, Bonini M, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Bosse I, Brough HA, Brussino L, Calderon MA, Caraballo L, Cardona V, Carreiro-Martins P, Casale T, Cecchi L, Cepeda Sarabia AM, Chkhartishvili E, Chu DK, Cirule I, Cruz AA, Czarlewski W, Del Giacco S, Demoly P, Devillier P, Dokic D, Durham SL, Ebisawa M, El-Gamal Y, Emuzyte R, Gamkrelidze A, Fauquert JL, Fiocchi A, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca JA, Fontaine JF, Gawlik R, Gelincik A, Gemicioglu B, Gereda JE, Gerth van Wijk R, Gomez RM, Gotua M, Grisle I, Guzmán MA, Haahtela T, Halken S, Heffler E, Hoffmann-Sommergruber K, Hossny E, Hrubiško M, Irani C, Ivancevich JC, Ispayeva Z, Julge K, Kaidashev I, Kalayci O, Khaitov M, Klimek L, Knol E, Kowalski ML, Kraxner H, Kull I, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, Kritikos V, Lauerma A, Lau S, Laune D, Levin M, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Lombardi C, Lourenço OM, Mahboub B, Malling HJ, Manning P, Marshall GD, Melén E, Meltzer EO, Miculinic N, Milenkovic B, Moin M, Montefort S, Morais-Almeida M, Mortz CG, Mösges R, Mullol J, Namazova Baranova L, Neffen H, Nekam K, Niedoszytko M, Odemyr M, O'Hehir RE, Ollert M, O'Mahony L, Ohta K, Okamoto Y, Okubo K, Pajno GB, Palomares O, Palkonen S, Panzner P, G Papadopoulos N, Park HS, Passalacqua G, Patella V, Pawankar R, Pham-Thi N, Plavec D, Popov TA, Recto M, Regateiro FS, Riggioni C, Roberts G, Rodriguez-Gonzales M, Rosario N, Rottem M, Rouadi PW, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Sanchez-Borges M, Serpa FS, Sastre J, Scadding GK, Shamji MH, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Schünemann HJ, Sheikh A, Scichilone N, Sisul JC, Sofiev M, Solé D, Sooronbaev T, Soto-Martinez M, Soto-Quiros M, Sova M, Schwarze J, Skypala I, Suppli-Ulrik C, Taborda-Barata L, Todo-Bom A, Torres MJ, Valentin-Rostan M, Tomazic PV, Valero A, Toppila-Salmi S, Tsiligianni I, Untersmayr E, Urrutia-Pereira M, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, Vandenplas O, Ventura MT, Vichyanond P, Wagenmann M, Wallace D, Walusiak-Skorupa J, Wang DY, Waserman S, Wong GW, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Zernotti M, Zhang L, Zidarn M, Zuberbier T, Jutel M. ARIA-EAACI care pathways for allergen immunotherapy in respiratory allergy. Clin Transl Allergy 2021; 11:e12014. [PMID: 34136127 PMCID: PMC8190541 DOI: 10.1002/clt2.12014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jean Bousquet
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Comprehensive Allergy Center Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Berlin Germany.,Allergology University Hospital Montpellier Montpellier France.,MACVIA-France Montpellier France
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Section of Rhinology and Allergy University Hospital Marburg Philipps-Universität Marburg Germany
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Transylvania University Brasov Brasov Romania
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- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) University of Zurich Davos Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences Humanitas University Pieve Emanuele (MI) and Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Milano Italy.,Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS Rozzano Milano Italy
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- School of Medicine University CEU San Pablo Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Allergy and Microbiology Faculty of Medicine Al-Rashed Allergy Center Kuwait University Kuwait City Kuwait.,Department of Allergy Al-Rashed Allergy Center Kuwait City Kuwait
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology Hospital Quironsalud Bizkaia Erandio, Spain
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- ENT Department Upper Airways Research Laboratory Ghent University Hospital Ghent Belgium.,International Airway Research Center First Affiliated Hospital Guangzou Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou China.,Division of ENT Diseases Department of ENT Diseases CLINTEC Karolinska Institutet Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery School of Medical Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia Kubang Kerian Kelantan Malaysia
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Comprehensive Allergy Center Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Berlin Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark.,Division of ENT Diseases Department of ENT Diseases CLINTEC Karolinska Institutet Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden.,Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA) Odense Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology University Hospital Lund Sweden
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome Italy.,National Heart and Lung Institute Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College London UK
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney Australia.,Woolcock Emphysema Centre and Sydney Local Health District Glebe New South Wales Australia
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- Paediatric Allergy Department of Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Science Guys' Hospital King's College London London UK
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- Department of Medical Sciences Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit University of Torino & Mauriziano Hospital Torino Italy
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- Institute for Immunological Research University of Cartagena Cartagena Colombia.,Foundation for the Development of Medical and Biological Sciences (Fundemeb) Cartagena Colombia
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- Allergy Section Department of Internal Medicine Hospital Vall d'Hebron & ARADyAL Research Network Barcelona, Spain
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia Hospital de Dona Estefânia Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central Lisbon Portugal.,NOVA Medical School CEDOC Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC) Lisboa Portugal
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- Division of Allergy/immunology University of South Florida Tampa Fla USA
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- SOS Allergology and Clinical Immunology USL Toscana Centro Prato Italy
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- Allergy and Immunology Laboratory Metropolitan University Simon Bolivar University Barranquilla Colombia.,SLaai, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Allergia Asma e Immunologia Branquilla Colombia
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- David Tatishvili Medical Center David Tvildiani Medical University-AIETI Medical School Tbilisi Georgia
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- Departments of Medicine and Health Research Methods McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
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- Latvain Association of Allergists University Children Hospital Riga Latvia
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- Fundação ProAR Federal University of Bahia and GARD/WHO Planning Group Salvador Brazil
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health and Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology University Hospital "Duilio Casula" University of Cagliari Cagliari Italy
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- Department of Pulmonology Division of Allergy Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve University Hospital of Montpellier France.,Equipe EPAR - IPLESP Sorbonne Université Paris France
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- Unité de Recherche en Pharmacologie Respiratoire Pôle des Maladies des Voies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch Université Paris Saclay Suresnes France
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- Medical Faculty University Clinic of Pulmology and Allergy Skopje Republic of Macedonia
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- Clinical Reserch Center for Allergy and Rheumatology NHO Sagamihara National Hospital Sagamihara Japan
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- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit Children's Hospital Ain Shams University Cairo Egypt
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- Faculty of Medicine Clinic of Children's Diseases Vilnius University Vilnius Lithuania
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- National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia Tbilisi Georgia
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand Unité d'Allergologie de l'Enfant Pole pédiatrique Hopital Estaing Clermont-Ferrand France
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- Division of Allergy The Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital IRCCS Rome Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Academic Medical Centers Amsterdam The Netherland.,EUFOREA Brussels Belgium
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- Faculdade de Medicina CINTESIS, Center for Health Technology and Services Research Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal.,Allergy Unit CUF Porto Portugal
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Allergology and Clinical Immunology Silesian University of Medicine Katowice Poland
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital Ankara Turkey
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Istanbul Turkey
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- Allergy and Immunology Division Clinica Ricardo Palma Lima Peru
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- Department of Internal Medicine Section of Allergology Erasmus MC Rotterdam the Netherlands
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- Center of Allergy and Immunology Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Tbilisi Georgia
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- Latvian Association of Allergists Center of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Riga Latvia
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki Finland
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- Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences Humanitas University Pieve Emanuele (MI) and Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Milano Italy
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- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit Children's Hospital Ain Shams University Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Oncology Institute of St Elisabeth Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases St Joseph University Hotel Dieu de France Hospital Beirut Lebanon
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- Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology of the Kazakh National Medical University Kazakhstan Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Kazakhstan
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- Allergy Center of Childrens's Clinic of Tartu University Hospital Tartu Estonia
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- Ukrainina Medical Stomatological Academy Poltava Ukraine
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit Hacettepe University School of Medicine Ankara Turkey
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- National Research Center Institute of Immunology Federal Medicobiological Agency Laboratory of Molecular Immunology Russia
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Universitätsmedizin Mainz Mainz Germany.,Center for Rhinology and Allergology Wiesbaden Germany
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- Departments of Immunology and Dermatology/Allergology University Medical Center Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology and Allergy Healthy Ageing Research Center Medical University of Lodz Poland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Semmelweis University Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education Södersjukhuset Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden.,Sach´s Children and Youth Hospital Södersjukhuset Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy Barlicki University Hospital Medical University of Lodz Poland
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- Department of Pathology Faculty of Medicine Institute of Biomedical Sciences Vilnius University Vilnius Lithuania.,Faculty of Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine Clinic of Chest Diseases and Allergology Vilnius University Vilnius Lithuania
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- Quality Use of Respiratory Medicines Group Woolcock Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney Sydney NSW Australia.,Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney Australia
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
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- Division of Paediatric Allergology University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
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- Department of Paediatrics Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway.,Faculty of Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Departmental Unit of Allergology & Respiratory Diseases Fondazione Poliambulanza Brescia Italy
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and CICS - UBI Health Sciences Research Centre University of Beira Interior Covilhã Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine Rashid Hospital Dubai UAE
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- Department of Medicine (RCSI) Bon Secours Hospital Dublin Ireland
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- The University of Mississippi Medical Center Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Laboratory of Behavioral Immunology Research Jackson Mississippi USA
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- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital Södersjukhuset Stockholm Sweden.,Sach´s Children and Youth Hospital Södersjukhuset Stockholm Sweden
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- Allergy Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center San Diego California USA
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- Faculty of Medicine Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases Clinical Center of Serbia University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia.,Serbian Association for Asthma and COPD Belgrade Serbia
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- Immunology and Asthma and Allergy Research Institute Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Mater Dei Hospital Malta University of Medicine La Valette Malta
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark
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- CRI-Clinical Research International-Ltd Hamburg Germany
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- ENT Department Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic Hospital Clínic Barcelona Spain.,Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy IDIBAPS CIBERES University of Barcelona Spain
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- Scientific Centre of Children's Health Russian National Research Medical University Moscow Russia
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- Center of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Diseases Santa Fe Argentina
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- Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers in Buda Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Allergology Medical University of Gdańsk Gdańsk Poland
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- EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations Brussels Belgium
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- Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine Central Clinical School Monash University Victoria Australia.,Alfred Health, Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Infection and Immunity Luxembourg Institute of Health Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg.,Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA) Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark
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- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology APC Microbiome Ireland University College Cork Cork Ireland
| | - Ken Ohta
- National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital Tokyo Japan
| | - Yoshitaka Okamoto
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Chiba University Hospital Chiba Japan
| | - Kimi Okubo
- Department of Otolaryngology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan
| | - Giovanni B Pajno
- Department of Pediatrics Allergy Unit University of Messina Messina Italy
| | - Oscar Palomares
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology School of Chemistry Complutense University of Madrid Madrid, Spain
| | - Susanna Palkonen
- Department of Immunology and Allergology Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen Charles University in Prague Pilsen Czech Republic
| | - Petr Panzner
- Department of Immunology and Allergology Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen Charles University in Prague Pilsen Czech Republic
| | - Nikolaos G Papadopoulos
- Division of Infection Immunity & Respiratory Medicine Royal Manchester Children's Hospital University of Manchester Manchester UK
| | - Hae-Sim Park
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Ajou University School of Medicine Suwon South Korea
| | - Giovanni Passalacqua
- Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Ospedale Policlino San Martino -University of Genoa Italy
| | - Vincenzo Patella
- Department of Medicine Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Agency of Health ASL Salerno "Santa Maria della Speranza" Hospital Battipaglia Salerno Italy
| | - Ruby Pawankar
- Department of Pediatrics Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan
| | - Nhân Pham-Thi
- Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau IRBA (Institut de Recherche bio-Médicale des Armées) Bretigny France
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- School of Medicine Children's Hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb University J.J. Strossmayer Osijek Croatia
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- Department of Pediatrics Section of Allergy and Immunology UP-PGH Manila Philipinnes
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra Coimbra Coimbra Portugal.,Faculty of Medicine Institute of Immunology University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal.,Faculty of Medicine ICBR - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research CIBB University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Spain
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust NHS England North Salford UK
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- Division of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology Emek Medical Center Afula Israel.,Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa Israël
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Eye and Ear University Hospital Beirut Lebanon
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- Usher Institute Medical School University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
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- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards Allergology and Immunology Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department Centro Medico-Docente La Trinidad Caracas Venezuela
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- Asthma Reference Center - Escola Superior de Ciencias Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Vitória-Espírito Santo Vitoria Brazil
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- Faculty of Medicine Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, CIBERES Autonoma University of Madrid Spain
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- Immunomodulation and Tolerance Group Imperial College London London UK.,Allergy and Clinical Immunology Imperial College London London UK
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- Departments of Medicine and Health Research Methods McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
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- Sociedad Paraguaya de Alergia Asma e Inmunologıa Clinica Sisul, Allergy & Asthma Asuncion Paraguay
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- Department of Pediatrics Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Federal University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Kyrgyzstan National Centre of Cardiology and Internal Medicine Euro-Asian Respiratory Society Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
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- Department of Pediatrics Division of Respiratory Medicine Hospital Nacional de Niños Universidad de Costa Rica San Jose Costa Rica
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine University Hospital Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Centre for Inflammation Research Child Life and Health The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
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- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust London UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre Copenhagen Denmark.,Institute of Cinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Immunoallergology Faculty of Health Sciences Cova da Beira Covilhã Portugal.,University Hospital Centre Covilhã Portugal
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- Imunoalergologia Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra Coimbra Portugal.,Faculty of Medicine University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Allergy Unit Málaga Regional University Hospital-IBIMA Málaga Spain
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- Department of General ORL, H&NS ENT-University Hospital Graz Medical University of Graz Graz Austria
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- Pneumology and Allergy Department CIBERES Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine Health Planning Unit Faculty of Medicine University of Crete Crete Greece.,International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG Aberdeen Scotland
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- Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Faculty of Medicine Vilnius University Institute of Clinical Medicine & Institute of Health Sciences Vilnius Lithuania.,European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP/UEMS-SP) Brussels Belgium
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- Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Immunology University of Turku Turku Finland.,Terveystalo Allergy Clinic Turku Finland
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- Department of Chest Medicine Centre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL Namur Université Catholique de Louvain Yvoir Belgium
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- Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology University of Bari Medical School Bari Italy
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, HNO-Klinik Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf Germany
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- Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale Florida USA
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- Department of Occupational Diseases and Environmental Health Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine Lodz Poland
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- Department of Otolaryngology Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Department of Paediatrics Prince of Wales Hospital The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong China
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- Universidad Católica de Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria Argentina
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Beijing TongRen Hospital Beijing China.,Otolaryngology Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology Beijing China
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- Respiratory and Allergic Diseases University Clinic Golnik Slovenia
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Comprehensive Allergy Center Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Berlin Germany
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- Department of Clinical Immunology Wrocław Medical University Wroclaw Poland.,ALL-MED Medical Research Institute Wroclaw Poland
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Damialis A, Gilles S, Sofiev M, Sofieva V, Kolek F, Bayr D, Plaza MP, Leier-Wirtz V, Kaschuba S, Ziska LH, Bielory L, Makra L, Del Mar Trigo M, Traidl-Hoffmann C. Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2019034118. [PMID: 33798095 PMCID: PMC7999946 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2019034118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Pollen exposure weakens the immunity against certain seasonal respiratory viruses by diminishing the antiviral interferon response. Here we investigate whether the same applies to the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is sensitive to antiviral interferons, if infection waves coincide with high airborne pollen concentrations. Our original hypothesis was that more airborne pollen would lead to increases in infection rates. To examine this, we performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal data analysis on SARS-CoV-2 infection, airborne pollen, and meteorological factors. Our dataset is the most comprehensive, largest possible worldwide from 130 stations, across 31 countries and five continents. To explicitly investigate the effects of social contact, we additionally considered population density of each study area, as well as lockdown effects, in all possible combinations: without any lockdown, with mixed lockdown-no lockdown regime, and under complete lockdown. We found that airborne pollen, sometimes in synergy with humidity and temperature, explained, on average, 44% of the infection rate variability. Infection rates increased after higher pollen concentrations most frequently during the four previous days. Without lockdown, an increase of pollen abundance by 100 pollen/m3 resulted in a 4% average increase of infection rates. Lockdown halved infection rates under similar pollen concentrations. As there can be no preventive measures against airborne pollen exposure, we suggest wide dissemination of pollen-virus coexposure dire effect information to encourage high-risk individuals to wear particle filter masks during high springtime pollen concentrations.
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- Athanasios Damialis
- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany;
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki FI-00101, Finland
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Center for Environmental Prediction, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Medicine, Allergy, Immunology and Ophthalmology Department, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ 07110
- New Jersey Center of Science, Technology and Mathematics, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083
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- Institute of Economics and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Szeged, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Malaga, Malaga 29016, Spain
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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Damialis A, Gilles S, Sofiev M, Sofieva V, Kolek F, Bayr D, Plaza MP, Leier-Wirtz V, Kaschuba S, Ziska LH, Bielory L, Makra L, Del Mar Trigo M, Traidl-Hoffmann C. Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118. [PMID: 33798095 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2019034118/-/dcsupplemental] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Pollen exposure weakens the immunity against certain seasonal respiratory viruses by diminishing the antiviral interferon response. Here we investigate whether the same applies to the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is sensitive to antiviral interferons, if infection waves coincide with high airborne pollen concentrations. Our original hypothesis was that more airborne pollen would lead to increases in infection rates. To examine this, we performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal data analysis on SARS-CoV-2 infection, airborne pollen, and meteorological factors. Our dataset is the most comprehensive, largest possible worldwide from 130 stations, across 31 countries and five continents. To explicitly investigate the effects of social contact, we additionally considered population density of each study area, as well as lockdown effects, in all possible combinations: without any lockdown, with mixed lockdown-no lockdown regime, and under complete lockdown. We found that airborne pollen, sometimes in synergy with humidity and temperature, explained, on average, 44% of the infection rate variability. Infection rates increased after higher pollen concentrations most frequently during the four previous days. Without lockdown, an increase of pollen abundance by 100 pollen/m3 resulted in a 4% average increase of infection rates. Lockdown halved infection rates under similar pollen concentrations. As there can be no preventive measures against airborne pollen exposure, we suggest wide dissemination of pollen-virus coexposure dire effect information to encourage high-risk individuals to wear particle filter masks during high springtime pollen concentrations.
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- Athanasios Damialis
- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany;
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki FI-00101, Finland
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Center for Environmental Prediction, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Medicine, Allergy, Immunology and Ophthalmology Department, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ 07110
- New Jersey Center of Science, Technology and Mathematics, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083
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- Institute of Economics and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Szeged, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Malaga, Malaga 29016, Spain
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- Chair of Environmental Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Augsburg 86156, Germany
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg 86156, Germany
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Verstraeten WW, Kouznetsov R, Hoebeke L, Bruffaerts N, Sofiev M, Delcloo AW. Modelling grass pollen levels in Belgium. Sci Total Environ 2021; 753:141903. [PMID: 32896736 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Biogenic aerosols such as airborne grass pollen affect the public health badly by putting additional distress on people already suffering from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. In Belgium, daily airborne pollen concentrations are monitored offline at a few sites only, hampering the timely coverage of the country and short-term forecasts. Here we apply the Chemistry Transport Model SILAM to the Belgian territory to model the spatio-temporal airborne grass pollen levels near the surface based on bottom-up inventories of grass pollen emissions updated with the Copernicus land monitoring Service grassland map of 2015. Transport of aerosols in SILAM is driven by ECMWF ERA5 meteorological data. The emitted grass pollen amounts in SILAM are computed by the multiplication of the grass pollen source map with the release rate determined by the seasonal shape production curve during the grass flowering period. The onset and offset of this period follow a location-dependent prescribed calendar days. Here we optimize the grass pollen seasonal start and end in SILAM by comparing a 2008-2018 time series of daily airborne grass pollen concentrations from the Belgian aerobiological surveillance network with the simulations. The effect of the spatial distribution of grass pollen sources is quantified by constructing pollen source-receptor relations using model simulations with varying grass pollen emissions in five areas of the model domain as input. Up to 33% of the airborne grass pollen in one area was transport from others areas inside Belgium. Adjusting the start and end of the grass pollen season improved the model performance substantially by almost doubling the correlation with local observations. By introducing the temporal scaling of the inter-seasonal pollen amounts in the model, an additional R2 increase up to 22% was obtained. Further improvements can be made by including more detailed grass pollen sources and more dynamic start and end dates of the pollen season.
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- Sciensano, Mycology and Aerobiology Unit, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Ukkel, Brussels, Belgium.
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Bédard A, Basagaña X, Anto JM, Garcia-Aymerich J, Devillier P, Arnavielhe S, Bedbrook A, Onorato GL, Czarlewski W, Murray R, Almeida R, Fonseca JA, Correia da Sousa J, Costa E, Morais-Almeida M, Todo-Bom A, Cecchi L, De Feo G, Illario M, Menditto E, Monti R, Stellato C, Ventura MT, Annesi-Maesano I, Bosse I, Fontaine JF, Pham-Thi N, Thibaudon M, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Spertini F, Chavannes NH, Fokkens WJ, Reitsma S, Dubakiene R, Emuzyte R, Kvedariene V, Valiulis A, Kuna P, Samolinski B, Klimek L, Mösges R, Pfaar O, Shamai S, Roller-Wirnsberger RE, Tomazic PV, Ryan D, Sheikh A, Haahtela T, Toppila-Salmi S, Valovirta E, Cardona V, Mullol J, Valero A, Makris M, Papadopoulos NG, Prokopakis EP, Psarros F, Bachert C, Hellings PW, Pugin B, Bindslev-Jensen C, Eller E, Kull I, Melén E, Wickman M, De Vries G, van Eerd M, Agache I, Ansotegui IJ, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Cruz AA, Casale T, Ivancevich JC, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Sofiev M, Wallace D, Waserman S, Yorgancioglu A, Laune D, Bousquet J. Treatment of allergic rhinitis during and outside the pollen season using mobile technology. A MASK study. Clin Transl Allergy 2020; 10:62. [PMID: 33298191 PMCID: PMC7726888 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-020-00342-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The analysis of mobile health (mHealth) data has generated innovative insights into improving allergic rhinitis control, but additive information is needed. A cross-sectional real-world observational study was undertaken in 17 European countries during and outside the estimated pollen season. The aim was to collect novel information including the phenotypic characteristics of the users. Methods The Allergy Diary–MASK-air–mobile phone app, freely available via Google Play and App, was used to collect the data of daily visual analogue scales (VASs) for overall allergic symptoms and medication use. Fluticasone Furoate (FF), Mometasone Furoate (MF), Azelastine Fluticasone Proprionate combination (MPAzeFlu) and eight oral H1-antihistamines were studied. Phenotypic characteristics were recorded at entry. The ARIA severity score was derived from entry data. This was an a priori planned analysis. Results 9037 users filled in 70,286 days of VAS in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The ARIA severity score was lower outside than during the pollen season. Severity was similar for all treatment groups during the pollen season, and lower in the MPAzeFlu group outside the pollen season. Days with MPAzeFlu had lower VAS levels and a higher frequency of monotherapy than the other treatments during the season. Outside the season, days with MPAzeFlu also had a higher frequency of monotherapy. The number of reported days was significantly higher with MPAzeFlu during and outside the season than with MF, FF or oral H1-antihistamines. Conclusions This study shows that the overall efficacy of treatments is similar during and outside the pollen season and indicates that medications are similarly effective during the year.
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- A Bédard
- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- UPRES EA220, Pôle des Maladies des Voies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France
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- Medical Consulting Czarlewski, Levallois, France
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- Research fellow, OPC, and Director, Cambridge, UK.,Medscript, Paraparaumu, New Zealand
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Lda Porto, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Lda Porto, Portugal.,MEDIDA, Lda, Porto, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy Ageing of University of Porto (Porto4Ageing), Porto, Portugal.,UCIBIO, REQUINTE, Faculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy Ageing of University of Porto (Porto4Ageing), Porto, Portugal
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- Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra and Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- SOS Allergology and Clinical Immunology, USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Division for Health Innovation, Campania Region, Federico II University Hospital Naples (R&D and DISMET), Naples, Italy
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- CIRFF, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Torino, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Medical School Saint Antoine, Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Department Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Medical School Saint Antoine, Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Department Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Allergist La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau, IRBA (Institut de Recherche bio-Médicale des Armées), Bretigny, France
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- RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique), Brussieu, France
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Service Immunologie et Allergie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Clinic of Chest Diseases, Immunology and Allergology, Medical Faculty, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Clinic of Chest Diseases, Immunology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Vilnius University, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Vilnius University Institute of Clinical Medicine, Clinic of Children's Diseases, Department of Public Health, and Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania.,European Academy of Paediatrics, EAP/UEMS-SP), Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, CRI-Clinical Research International-Ltd, Institute of Medical Statistics, and Computational Biology, University of Cologne, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, CRI-Clinical Research International-Ltd, Institute of Medical Statistics, and Computational Biology, University of Cologne, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of ENT, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku, Terveystalo Allergy Clinic, Turku, Finland
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- Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, ARADyAL Research Network, Barcelona, Spain
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- Rhinology Unit, & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pneumology and Allergy Department CIBERES and Clinical, & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Allergy Unit "D Kalogeromitros", 2nd Dpt of Dermatology and Venereology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Infection, & Respiratory Medicine, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Immunity, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou," University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - E P Prokopakis
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
| | - F Psarros
- Allergy Department, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece
| | - C Bachert
- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, ENT Dept, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,Sun Yat-sen University, International Airway Research Center, Guangzou, China.,Division of ENT Diseases, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of ENT Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - P W Hellings
- Academic Medical Center, Univ of Amsterdam, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Univ Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, The Netherlands.,European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), Brussels, Belgium
| | - B Pugin
- European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), Brussels, Belgium
| | - C Bindslev-Jensen
- Odense University Hospital, Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
| | - E Eller
- Odense University Hospital, Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
| | - I Kull
- Thermofisher Scientific, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - E Melén
- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Sach´s Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Sweden
| | - M Wickman
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - G De Vries
- Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, Eskilstuna, Sweden
| | - M van Eerd
- Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, Eskilstuna, Sweden
| | - I Agache
- Peercode BV, Geldermalsen, The Netherlands
| | | | - S Bosnic-Anticevich
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirónsalud Bizkaia, Erandio, Spain.,Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Woolcock Emphysema Centre, Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, NSW, Australia
| | - A A Cruz
- Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.,WHO GARD Planning Group, Salvador, Brazil
| | - T Casale
- Division of Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FLA, USA
| | - J C Ivancevich
- Clinica Santa Isabel, Servicio de Alergia e Immunologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - D E Larenas-Linnemann
- Center of Excellence in Asthma and Allergy, Médica Sur Clinical Foundation and Hospital, México City, Mexico
| | - M Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
| | - D Wallace
- Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
| | - S Waserman
- Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
| | - A Yorgancioglu
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
| | - D Laune
- KYomed INNOV, Montpellier, France
| | - J Bousquet
- CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. .,University Hospital, Montpellier, France. .,INSERM U 1168, VIMA : Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France. .,Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny Le Bretonneux, France. .,Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Berlin, Germany.
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Bousquet J, Anto JM, Bachert C, Haahtela T, Zuberbier T, Czarlewski W, Bedbrook A, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Walter Canonica G, Cardona V, Costa E, Cruz AA, Erhola M, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca JA, Illario M, Ivancevich JC, Jutel M, Klimek L, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, Le L, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Laune D, Lourenço OM, Melén E, Mullol J, Niedoszytko M, Odemyr M, Okamoto Y, Papadopoulos NG, Patella V, Pfaar O, Pham-Thi N, Rolland C, Samolinski B, Sheikh A, Sofiev M, Suppli Ulrik C, Todo-Bom A, Tomazic PV, Toppila-Salmi S, Tsiligianni I, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, Ventura MT, Walker S, Williams S, Yorgancioglu A, Agache I, Akdis CA, Almeida R, Ansotegui IJ, Annesi-Maesano I, Arnavielhe S, Basagaña X, D Bateman E, Bédard A, Bedolla-Barajas M, Becker S, Bennoor KS, Benveniste S, Bergmann KC, Bewick M, Bialek S, E Billo N, Bindslev-Jensen C, Bjermer L, Blain H, Bonini M, Bonniaud P, Bosse I, Bouchard J, Boulet LP, Bourret R, Boussery K, Braido F, Briedis V, Briggs A, Brightling CE, Brozek J, Brusselle G, Brussino L, Buhl R, Buonaiuto R, Calderon MA, Camargos P, Camuzat T, Caraballo L, Carriazo AM, Carr W, Cartier C, Casale T, Cecchi L, Cepeda Sarabia AM, H Chavannes N, Chkhartishvili E, Chu DK, Cingi C, Correia de Sousa J, Costa DJ, Courbis AL, Custovic A, Cvetkosvki B, D'Amato G, da Silva J, Dantas C, Dokic D, Dauvilliers Y, De Feo G, De Vries G, Devillier P, Di Capua S, Dray G, Dubakiene R, Durham SR, Dykewicz M, Ebisawa M, Gaga M, El-Gamal Y, Heffler E, Emuzyte R, Farrell J, Fauquert JL, Fiocchi A, Fink-Wagner A, Fontaine JF, Fuentes Perez JM, Gemicioğlu B, Gamkrelidze A, Garcia-Aymerich J, Gevaert P, Gomez RM, González Diaz S, Gotua M, Guldemond NA, Guzmán MA, Hajjam J, Huerta Villalobos YR, Humbert M, Iaccarino G, Ierodiakonou D, Iinuma T, Jassem E, Joos G, Jung KS, Kaidashev I, Kalayci O, Kardas P, Keil T, Khaitov M, Khaltaev N, Kleine-Tebbe J, Kouznetsov R, Kowalski ML, Kritikos V, Kull I, La Grutta S, Leonardini L, Ljungberg H, Lieberman P, Lipworth B, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Lopes-Pereira C, Loureiro CC, Louis R, Mair A, Mahboub B, Makris M, Malva J, Manning P, Marshall GD, Masjedi MR, Maspero JF, Carreiro-Martins P, Makela M, Mathieu-Dupas E, Maurer M, De Manuel Keenoy E, Melo-Gomes E, Meltzer EO, Menditto E, Mercier J, Micheli Y, Miculinic N, Mihaltan F, Milenkovic B, Mitsias DI, Moda G, Mogica-Martinez MD, Mohammad Y, Montefort S, Monti R, Morais-Almeida M, Mösges R, Münter L, Muraro A, Murray R, Naclerio R, Napoli L, Namazova-Baranova L, Neffen H, Nekam K, Neou A, Nordlund B, Novellino E, Nyembue D, O'Hehir R, Ohta K, Okubo K, Onorato GL, Orlando V, Ouedraogo S, Palamarchuk J, Pali-Schöll I, Panzner P, Park HS, Passalacqua G, Pépin JL, Paulino E, Pawankar R, Phillips J, Picard R, Pinnock H, Plavec D, Popov TA, Portejoie F, Price D, Prokopakis EP, Psarros F, Pugin B, Puggioni F, Quinones-Delgado P, Raciborski F, Rajabian-Söderlund R, Regateiro FS, Reitsma S, Rivero-Yeverino D, Roberts G, Roche N, Rodriguez-Zagal E, Rolland C, Roller-Wirnsberger RE, Rosario N, Romano A, Rottem M, Ryan D, Salimäki J, Sanchez-Borges MM, Sastre J, Scadding GK, Scheire S, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Schünemann HJ, Sarquis Serpa F, Shamji M, Sisul JC, Sofiev M, Solé D, Somekh D, Sooronbaev T, Sova M, Spertini F, Spranger O, Stellato C, Stelmach R, Thibaudon M, To T, Toumi M, Usmani O, Valero AA, Valenta R, Valentin-Rostan M, Pereira MU, van der Kleij R, Van Eerd M, Vandenplas O, Vasankari T, Vaz Carneiro A, Vezzani G, Viart F, Viegi G, Wallace D, Wagenmann M, Wang DY, Waserman S, Wickman M, Williams DM, Wong G, Wroczynski P, Yiallouros PK, Yusuf OM, Zar HJ, Zeng S, Zernotti ME, Zhang L, Shan Zhong N, Zidarn M. ARIA digital anamorphosis: Digital transformation of health and care in airway diseases from research to practice. Allergy 2020; 76:168-190. [PMID: 32512619 DOI: 10.1111/all.14422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Digital anamorphosis is used to define a distorted image of health and care that may be viewed correctly using digital tools and strategies. MASK digital anamorphosis represents the process used by MASK to develop the digital transformation of health and care in rhinitis. It strengthens the ARIA change management strategy in the prevention and management of airway disease. The MASK strategy is based on validated digital tools. Using the MASK digital tool and the CARAT online enhanced clinical framework, solutions for practical steps of digital enhancement of care are proposed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jean Bousquet
- MACVIA-France and CHU, Montpellier, France.,INSERM U 1168, VIMA: Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France, and Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Berlin, Germany
| | - Josep M Anto
- ISGlobAL, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Claus Bachert
- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, ENT Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium and Sun Yat-sen University, International Airway Research Center, First Affiliated Hospital Guangzou, China, and Division of ENT Diseases, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of ENT Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Tari Haahtela
- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Torsten Zuberbier
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
| | | | | | - Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney and Woolcock Emphysema Centre and Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, NSW, Australia
| | - G Walter Canonica
- Personalized Medicine Clinic Asthma & Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy
| | - Victoria Cardona
- Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron & ARADyAL research network, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Elisio Costa
- UCIBIO, REQUINTE, Faculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy Ageing of University of Porto (Porto4Ageing), Porto, Portugal
| | - Alvaro A Cruz
- ProAR-Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Brasil and WHO GARD Planning Group, Brazil
| | - Marina Erhola
- National Insitute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Wytske J Fokkens
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Centres, AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Euforea, Brussels, Belgium
| | - Joao A Fonseca
- CINTESIS, Center for Research in Health Technology and Information Systems, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto; and Medida, Lda Porto, Portugal
| | - Maddalena Illario
- Division for Health Innovation, Campania Region and Federico II University Hospital Naples (R&D and DISMET), Naples, Italy
| | | | - Marek Jutel
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Wrocław Medical University and ALL-MED Medical Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Ludger Klimek
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
| | - Piotr Kuna
- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
| | - Violeta Kvedariene
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Clinic of Chest diseases and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - Ltt Le
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
| | - Désirée E Larenas-Linnemann
- Center of Excellence in Asthma and Allergy, Médica Sur Clinical Foundation and Hospital, México City, Mexico
| | | | - Olga M Lourenço
- Faculty of Health Sciences and CICS-UBI, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
| | - Erik Melén
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Joaquim Mullol
- Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic; Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Spain
| | - Marek Niedoszytko
- Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
| | - Mikaëla Odemyr
- EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
| | - Yoshitaka Okamoto
- Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
| | - Nikos G Papadopoulos
- Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou", University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - Vincenzo Patella
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Agency of Health ASL Salerno, "Santa Maria della Speranza" Hospital, Salerno, Italy
| | - Oliver Pfaar
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - Nhân Pham-Thi
- Ecole polytechnique, Palaiseau, IRBA (Institut de Recherche bio-Médicale des Armées, Bretigny), France
| | | | - Boleslaw Samolinski
- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Aziz Sheikh
- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Mikhail Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
| | - Charlotte Suppli Ulrik
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital & University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Ana Todo-Bom
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, ICBR - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, CIBB, Coimbra, Portugal
| | | | - Sanna Toppila-Salmi
- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Ioanna Tsiligianni
- Health Planning Unit, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece and International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG, Aberdeen, Scotland
| | - Arunas Valiulis
- Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine & Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - Erkka Valovirta
- Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku and Terveystalo Allergy Clinic, Turku, Finland
| | - Maria-Teresa Ventura
- University of Bari Medical School, Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, Bari, Italy
| | | | - Sian Williams
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG, Aberdeen, Scotland
| | - Arzu Yorgancioglu
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
| | - Ioana Agache
- Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
| | - Cezmi A Akdis
- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
| | - Rute Almeida
- CINTESIS, Center for Research in Health Technology and Information Systems, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto; and Medida, Lda Porto, Portugal
| | - Ignacio J Ansotegui
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio, Spain
| | - Isabella Annesi-Maesano
- Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Department Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM and Sorbonne Universités, Medical School Saint Antoine, Paris, France
| | | | - Xavier Basagaña
- ISGlobAL, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Eric D Bateman
- Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Annabelle Bédard
- ISGlobAL, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | | | - Sven Becker
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
| | - Kazi S Bennoor
- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | - Samuel Benveniste
- National Center of Expertise in Cognitive Stimulation (CEN STIMCO), Broca Hospital, Paris, France.,Mines ParisTech CRI-PSL Research University, Fontainebleau, France
| | - Karl C Bergmann
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
| | | | - Slawomir Bialek
- Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - Carsten Bindslev-Jensen
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
| | - Leif Bjermer
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
| | - Hubert Blain
- Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University hospital, Montpellier, France.,EA 2991, Euromov, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
| | - Matteo Bonini
- UOC Pneumologia, Istituto di Medicina Interna, F Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, and National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College London, London, UK
| | | | | | | | | | | | - Koen Boussery
- Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Fluvio Braido
- University of Genoa, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI) and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
| | - Vitalis Briedis
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy of Lithuanian, University of Health, Kaunas, Lithuania
| | - Andrew Briggs
- Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Christopher E Brightling
- Institute of Lung Health, Respiratory Biomedical Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicestershire, UK; Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
| | - Jan Brozek
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Division of Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
| | - Guy Brusselle
- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Luisa Brussino
- Department of Medical Sciences, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Torino & Mauriziano Hospital, Torino, Italy
| | - Roland Buhl
- Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
| | | | - Moises A Calderon
- Imperial College London-National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
| | - Paulo Camargos
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - Thierry Camuzat
- Assitant Director General, Montpellier, Région Occitanie, Montpellier, France
| | - Luis Caraballo
- Institute for Immunological Research, University of Cartagena, Campus de Zaragocilla, Edificio Biblioteca Primer Piso, Cartagena, Colombia, and Foundation for the Development of Medical and Biological Sciences (Fundemeb), Cartagena, Colombia
| | | | - Warner Carr
- Allergy and Asthma Associates of Southern California, Mission Viejo, CA, USA
| | | | - Thomas Casale
- Division of Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
| | - Lorenzo Cecchi
- SOS Allergology and Clinical Immunology, USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
| | - Alfonso M Cepeda Sarabia
- Allergy and Immunology Laboratory, Metropolitan University, Simon Bolivar University, Barranquilla, Colombia and SLaai, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Allergia, Asma e Immunologia, Branquilla, Colombia
| | - Niels H Chavannes
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Ekaterine Chkhartishvili
- Chachava Clinic, David Tvildiani Medical University-AIETI Medical School, Grigol Robakidze University, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | - Derek K Chu
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Division of Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
| | - Cemal Cingi
- ENT Department, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
| | - Jaime Correia de Sousa
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimaraes, Portugal
| | | | | | - Adnan Custovic
- Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
| | - Biljana Cvetkosvki
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney and Woolcock Emphysema Centre and Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, NSW, Australia
| | - Gennaro D'Amato
- Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Department of Respiratory Diseases, High Specialty Hospital ACardarelli, Napoli, Italy
| | - Jane da Silva
- Department of Internal Medicine and Allergy Clinic of Professor Polydoro Ernani de São, Thiago University Hospital, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis-SC, Brazil
| | - Carina Dantas
- Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Ageing@Coimbra EIP-AHA Reference Site, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Dejan Dokic
- Medical Faculty Skopje, University Clinic of Pulmology and Allergy, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
| | - Yves Dauvilliers
- Sleep Unit, Department of Neurology, Hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac Montpellier, Inserm U1061, Montpellier, France
| | - Giulia De Feo
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - Philippe Devillier
- UPRES EA220, Pôle des Maladies des Voies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France
| | | | - Gerard Dray
- IMT Mines Ales, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
| | - Ruta Dubakiene
- Clinic of Infectious, Chest Diseases, Dermatology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - Stephen R Durham
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - Mark Dykewicz
- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
| | - Motohiro Ebisawa
- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
| | - Mina Gaga
- ERS President 2017-2018, Athens Chest Hospital, 7th Resp Med Dept and Asthma Center, Athens, Greece
| | - Yehia El-Gamal
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Children's hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Enrico Heffler
- Personalized Medicine Clinic Asthma & Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy
| | - Regina Emuzyte
- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - John Farrell
- Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland Belfast, UK
| | - Jean-Luc Fauquert
- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Unité d'allergologie de l'enfant, pôle pédiatrique, Hôpital Estaing, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - Alessandro Fiocchi
- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatric Medicine-The Bambino Gesù Children's Research Hospital Holy See, Rome, Italy
| | | | | | - José M Fuentes Perez
- Hospital General Regional 1 "Dr Carlos Mc Gregor Sanchez Navarro" IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - Bilun Gemicioğlu
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Amiran Gamkrelidze
- Gamkrelidze National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | | | - Philippe Gevaert
- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, ENT Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium and Sun Yat-sen University, International Airway Research Center, First Affiliated Hospital Guangzou, China, and Division of ENT Diseases, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of ENT Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | | | | | - Maia Gotua
- Center of Allergy and Immunology, Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | - Nick A Guldemond
- Institute of Health Policy and Management iBMG, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Maria-Antonieta Guzmán
- Immunology and Allergy Division, Clinical Hospital, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - Jawad Hajjam
- Centich: Centre d'Expertise National des Technologies de l'Information et de la communication pour l'autonomie, Groupe VyV, Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire, Centre d'expertise PartenariatEuropéen d'Innovation pour un vieillissement actif et en bonne santé, Nantes, France
| | | | - Marc Humbert
- Université Paris-Sud; Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Bicêtre; Inserm UMR_S999, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
| | - Guido Iaccarino
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy
| | - Despo Ierodiakonou
- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, and International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Crete, Greece
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- Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Hallym University College of Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Ukrainina Medical Stomatological Academy, Poltava, Ukraine
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- First Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, and Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Wuerzburg, and Institute of Health Resort Medicine and Health Promotion, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Bad Kissingen, Germany
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- National Research Center, Institute of Immunology, Federal Medicobiological Agency, Laboratory of Molecular immunology, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Immunology and Allergy, Healthy Ageing Research Center, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney and Woolcock Emphysema Centre and Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and Sach's Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Research and Biomedical Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council (CNR), Palermo, Italy
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- Veneto Region, Mattone Internazionale Program, Venise, Italy
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- Lung-Allergy Department at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, & Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Divisions of Allergy and Immunology), University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Germantown, TN, USA
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- Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Oslo University Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Oslo, and University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway
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- Pneumology Department, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CHU Sart-Tilman, and GIGA I3 Research Group, Liege, Belgium
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- DG for Health and Social Care, Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
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- Allergy Unit "D Kalogeromitros", 2nd Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, Chaidari, Greece
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- Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra; Coimbra, and Ageing@Coimbra EIP-AHA Reference Site, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine (RCSI), Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Laboratory of Behavioral Immunology Research, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Tobacco Control Research Centre; Iranian Anti Tobacco Association, Tehran, Iran
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- Argentine Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Serviço de Immunologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal and Nova Medical School/Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
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- PNDR, Portuguese National Programme for Respiratory Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, CHRU, University Montpellier, Vice President for Research, PhyMedExp, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, Montpellier, France
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- National Institute of Pneumology M Nasta, Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbian Association for Asthma and COPD, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou", University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- National Center for Research in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Tishreen University School of Medicine, Latakia, and Syrian Private University-Damascus, Damascus, Syria
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- Lead Respiratory Physician Mater Dei Hospital Malta, Academic Head of Department and Professor of Medicine, University of Malta, Deputy Dean Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Medicine, La Valette, Malta
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Torino & Mauriziano Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- CRI-Clinical Research International-Ltd, Hamburg, Germany
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- Danish Committee for Health Education, Copenhagen East, Denmark
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- Food Allergy Referral Centre Veneto Region, Department of Women and Child Health, Padua General University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Research Fellow, OPC, Cambridge, UK and Director Medscript, Paraparaumu, New Zealand
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- Director, Consortium of Pharmacies and Services COSAFER, Salerno, Italy
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- Scientific Centre of Children's Health under the PoH, Russian National Research Medical University named Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
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- Director of Center of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Diseases, Center for Allergy and Immunology, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers in Buda, Budapest, Hungary
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- Die Hautambulanz and Rothhaar study center, Berlin, Germany
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- Lung-Allergy Department at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, & Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Director of Department of Pharmacy of University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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- Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou", University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Director of Department of Pharmacy of University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine and Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
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- Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Ospedale Policlino San Martino-University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042 and CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre for Empowering Patients and Communities, Faulkland, UK
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- Conseil Général de l'Economie Ministère de l'Economie, de l'Industrie et du Numérique, Paris, France
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- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Children's Hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb, School of Medicine, University JJ Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia
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- University Hospital "Sv Ivan Rilski", Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
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- Allergy Department, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Personalized Medicine Clinic Asthma & Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy
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- Agency for Social Services and Dependency, Regional Government for Equality, Social Policies and Conciliation of Andalucia, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, ICBR - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, CIBB, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Centres, AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Euforea, Brussels, Belgium
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- David Hide Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Centre Hôpital Cochin, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris, Paris, France
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- Hospital de Clinicas, University of Parana, Parana, Brazil
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- Allergy Unit, Presidio Columbus, Rome, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome and IRCCS Oasi Maria SS, Troina, Italy
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- Division of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Centro Médico-Docente la, Trinidad and Clínica El Avila, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Faculty of Medicine, Autnonous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Division of Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Asthma Reference Center, School of Medicine of Santa Casa de Misericordia of Vitoria-Esperito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil
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- Immunomodulation and Tolerance Group, Imperial College London, and Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- European Health Futures Forum (EHFF), Dromahair, UK
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- Kyrgyzstan National Centre of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Euro-Asian Respiratory Society, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Service Immunologie et Allergie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform GAAPP, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital da Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique), Brussieu, France
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- Sidkkids Hospitala and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, Canada
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- Public Health, Aix-marseille University, Marseille, France
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- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London & Royal Brompton Hospital, Airways Disease Section, London, UK
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- Pneumology and Allergy Department CIBERES and Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,NRC Institute of Immunology FMBA of Russia, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands, Erasmus MC, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chest Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL Namur, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
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- FILHA, Finnish Lung Association, Helsinki, and Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saude Publica, Instituto de Saude Ambiental, Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência, Cochrane, Portugal
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- Pulmonary Unit, Department of Medical Specialties, Arcispedale SMaria Nuova/IRCCS, AUSL di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Pulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa (Italy), Via Trieste 41, 56126, Pisa, Italy; and CNR Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology "A Monroy", Palermo, Italy
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- Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, HNO-Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore
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- Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, Eskilstuna, Sweden
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physical Pharmacy and Bioanalysis, Faculty of Pharmacy with the Laboratory Medicine Division, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Cyprus International Institute for Environmental & Public Health in Association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus; Department of Pediatrics, Hospital "Archbishop Makarios III", Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital, and MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital and Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia
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Sofiev M, Palamarchuk J. Climate change impact on pollen concentrations and air pollution. World Allergy Organ J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Sofiev M, Palamarchuk Y, Bédard A, Basagana X, Anto JM, Kouznetsov R, Urzua RD, Bergmann KC, Fonseca JA, De Vries G, Van Erd M, Annesi-Maesano I, Laune D, Pépin JL, Jullian-Desayes I, Zeng S, Czarlewski W, Bousquet J. A demonstration project of Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Prediction of interactions between air pollution and allergen exposure-the Mobile Airways Sentinel NetworK-Impact of air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis approach. Chin Med J (Engl) 2020; 133:1561-1567. [PMID: 32649522 PMCID: PMC7386352 DOI: 10.1097/cm9.0000000000000916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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This review analyzes the state and recent progress in the field of information support for pollen allergy sufferers. For decades, information available for the patients and allergologists consisted of pollen counts, which are vital but insufficient. New technology paves the way to substantial increase in amount and diversity of the data. This paper reviews old and newly suggested methods to predict pollen and air pollutant concentrations in the air and proposes an allergy risk concept, which combines the pollen and pollution information and transforms it into a qualitative risk index. This new index is available in an app (Mobile Airways Sentinel NetworK-air) that was developed in the frame of the European Union grant Impact of Air POLLution on sleep, Asthma and Rhinitis (a project of European Institute of Innovation and Technology-Health). On-going transformation of the pollen allergy information support is based on new technological solutions for pollen and air quality monitoring and predictions. The new information-technology and artificial-intelligence-based solutions help to convert this information into easy-to-use services for both medical practitioners and allergy sufferers.
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- Mikhail Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki 00560, Finland
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBER) Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBER) Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mediques (IMIM), Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBER) Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mediques (IMIM), Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Center for Research in Health Technology and Information Systems, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto; and Medida, Lda Porto s/n 4200-450, Portugal
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- Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases Department, Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM and Sorbonne Université, Medical School Saint Antoine, Paris 75571, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042 and CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble 38000, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042 and CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble 38000, France
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier 34000, France
- Contre les Maladies Chroniques pour un Vieillissement Actif en Languedoc Roussillon-France, Montpellier, France
- Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Berlin 10117, Germany
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Pfaar O, Karatzas K, Bastl K, Berger U, Buters J, Darsow U, Demoly P, Durham SR, Galán C, Gehrig R, Gerth van Wijk R, Jacobsen L, Katsifarakis N, Klimek L, Saarto A, Sofiev M, Thibaudon M, Werchan B, Bergmann K. Pollen season is reflected on symptom load for grass and birch pollen-induced allergic rhinitis in different geographic areas-An EAACI Task Force Report. Allergy 2020; 75:1099-1106. [PMID: 31721236 DOI: 10.1111/all.14111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The effectiveness of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) in seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis (AR) depends on the definition of pollen exposure intensity or time period. We recently evaluated pollen and symptom data from Germany to examine the new definitions of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) on pollen season and peak pollen period start and end. Now, we aim to confirm the feasibility of these definitions to properly mirror symptom loads for grass and birch pollen-induced allergic rhinitis in other European geographical areas such as Austria, Finland and France, and therefore their suitability for AIT and clinical practice support. METHODS Data from twenty-three pollen monitoring stations from three countries in Europe and for 3 years (2014-2016) were used to investigate the correlation between birch and grass pollen concentrations during the birch and grass pollen season defined via the EAACI criteria, and total nasal symptom and medication scores as reported with the aid of the patient's hay-fever diary (PHD). In addition, we conducted a statistical analysis, together with a graphical investigation, to reveal correlations and dependencies between the studied parameters. RESULTS The analysis demonstrated that the definitions of pollen season as well as peak pollen period start and end as proposed by the EAACI are correlated to pollen-induced symptom loads reported by PHD users during birch and grass pollen season. A statistically significant correlation (slightly higher for birch) has been found between the Total Nasal Symptom and Medication Score (TNSMS) and the pollen concentration levels. Moreover, the maximum symptom levels occurred mostly within the peak pollen periods (PPP) following the EAACI criteria. CONCLUSIONS Based on our analyses, we confirm the validity of the EAACI definitions on pollen season for both birch and grass and for a variety of geographical locations for the four European countries (including Germany from a previous publication) analyzed so far. On this basis, the use of the EAACI definitions is supported in future clinical trials on AIT as well as in daily routine for optimal patient care. Further evaluation of the EAACI criteria in other European regions is recommended.
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- Oliver Pfaar
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Section of Rhinology and Allergy University Hospital Marburg Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Environmental Informatics Research Group Department of Mechanical Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- Aerobiology and Pollen Information Research Unit Department of Oto‐Rhino‐Laryngology Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Aerobiology and Pollen Information Research Unit Department of Oto‐Rhino‐Laryngology Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- ZAUM Center of Allergy & Environment Helmholtz Center Munich/Technische Universität München Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) Munich Germany
- Kühne Foundation Christine Kühne ‐Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK‐CARE) Munich Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein Technical University of Munich Munich Germany
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- Departement de Pneumologie et Addictologie Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve University Hospital of Montpellier Montpellier France
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- Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Imperial College London London UK
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology University of Cordoba Cordoba Spain
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss Zurich Switzerland
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- Section of Allergology Department of Internal Medicine Erasmus MC Rotterdam the Netherlands
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- ALC, Allergy Learning and Consulting Copenhagen Denmark
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- Environmental Informatics Research Group Department of Mechanical Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- Center for Rhinology and Allergology Wiesbaden Germany
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Viana M, Rizza V, Tobías A, Carr E, Corbett J, Sofiev M, Karanasiou A, Buonanno G, Fann N. Estimated health impacts from maritime transport in the Mediterranean region and benefits from the use of cleaner fuels. Environ Int 2020; 138:105670. [PMID: 32203802 PMCID: PMC8314305 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Ship traffic emissions degrade air quality in coastal areas and contribute to climate impacts globally. The estimated health burden of exposure to shipping emissions in coastal areas may inform policy makers as they seek to reduce exposure and associated potential health impacts. This work estimates the PM2.5-attributable impacts in the form of premature mortality and cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions, from long-term exposure to shipping emissions. Health impact assessment (HIA) was performed in 8 Mediterranean coastal cities, using a baseline conditions from the literature and a policy case accounting for the MARPOL Annex VI rules requiring cleaner fuels in 2020. Input data were (a) shipping contributions to ambient PM2.5 concentrations based on receptor modelling studies found in the literature, (b) population and health incidence data from national statistical registries, and (c) geographically-relevant concentration-response functions from the literature. Long-term exposure to ship-sourced PM2.5 accounted for 430 (95% CI: 220-650) premature deaths per year, in the 8 cities, distributed between groups of cities: Barcelona and Athens, with >100 premature deaths/year, and Nicosia, Brindisi, Genoa, Venice, Msida and Melilla, with tens of premature deaths/year. The more stringent standards in 2020 would reduce the number of PM2.5-attributable premature deaths by 15% on average. HIA provided a comparative assessment of the health burden of shipping emissions across Mediterranean coastal cities, which may provide decision support for urban planning with a special focus on harbour areas, and in view of the reduction in sulphur content of marine fuels due to MARPOL Annex VI in 2020.
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- M Viana
- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino (FR), Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Energy and Environmental Research Associates, LLC, Pittsford, NY, United States
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- College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino (FR), Italy; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, United States
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Siddika N, Rantala AK, Antikainen H, Balogun H, Amegah AK, Ryti NRI, Kukkonen J, Sofiev M, Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK. Short-term prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of preterm birth - A population-based cohort study in Finland. Environ Res 2020; 184:109290. [PMID: 32126375 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have provided evidence that prenatal exposure to low-level air pollution increases the risk of preterm birth (PTB), but the findings of the effects of short-term exposure have been inconclusive. Moreover, there is little knowledge on potential synergistic effects of different combinations of air pollutants. OBJECTIVES To assess independent and joint effects of prenatal exposure to air pollutants during the week prior to the delivery on the risk of PTB. METHODS The study population included 2568 members of the Espoo Cohort Study, living in the City of Espoo, Finland, born between 1984 and 1990. We assessed individual-level prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants of interest based on maternal residential addresses, while taking into account their residential mobility. We used both regional-to-city-scale dispersion modelling and land-use regression-based method to estimates the pollutant concentrations. We contrasted the risk of PTB in the highest quartile (Q4) of exposure to the lower exposure quartiles (Q1-Q3) during the specific periods of pregnancy. We applied Poisson regression analysis to estimate the adjusted risk ratios (RRs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI), adjusting for season of birth, maternal age, sex of the baby, family's socioeconomic status, maternal smoking, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during pregnancy, single parenthood, and exposure to other air pollutants (this in multi-pollutant models). RESULTS The risk of PTB was related to exposures to PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 during the week prior to the delivery with adjusted RRs of 1.67 (95%CI: 1.14, 2.46), 1.60 (95% CI: 1.09, 2.34) and 1.65 (95% CI: 1.14, 2.37), from three-pollutant models respectively. There were no significant joint effects for these different air pollutants (during the week prior to the delivery). CONCLUSION Our results provide evidence that exposure to fairly low-level air pollution may trigger PTB, but synergistic effects of different pollutants are not likely.
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- Nazeeba Siddika
- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Geography Research Unit, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Public Health Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Post Office, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
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Bédard A, Sofiev M, Arnavielhe S, Antó JM, Garcia-Aymerich J, Thibaudon M, Bergmann KC, Dubakiene R, Bedbrook A, Onorato GL, Annesi-Maesano I, Pépin JL, Laune D, Zeng S, Bousquet J, Basagaña X. Interactions Between Air Pollution and Pollen Season for Rhinitis Using Mobile Technology: A MASK-POLLAR Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2019; 8:1063-1073.e4. [PMID: 31786252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have suggested an interaction between air pollution and pollen exposure with an impact on allergy symptoms. However, large studies with real-life data are not available. OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between major air pollutants (ozone and particulate matter with a diameter of <2.5 μm) and allergic rhinitis (AR) control during grass and birch pollen seasons as well as outside the pollen season. METHODS The daily impact of allergic symptoms was recorded by the Allergy Diary (Mobile Airways Sentinel NetworK [MASK-air]) app (a validated mHealth tool for rhinitis management) using visual analog scales (VASs) in Northern and Central Europe users in 2017 and 2018. Uncontrolled AR was defined using symptoms and medications. Pollutant levels were assessed using the System for Integrated modeLing of Atmospheric coMposition database. Pollen seasons were assessed by regions using Google Trends. Generalized estimating equation models were used to account for repeated measures per user, adjusting for sex, age, treatment, and country. Analyses were stratified by pollen seasons to investigate interactions between air pollutants and pollen exposure. RESULTS A total of 3323 geolocated individuals (36,440 VAS-days) were studied. Associations between uncontrolled rhinitis and pollutants were stronger during the grass pollen season. Days with uncontrolled AR increased by 25% for an interquartile range increase in ozone levels during the grass pollen season (odds ratio of 1.25 [95% CI, 1.11-1.41] in 2017 and of 1.14 [95% CI, 1.04-1.25] in 2018). A similar trend was found for particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 μm, especially in 2017. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the relationship between uncontrolled AR and air pollution is modified by the presence of grass pollens. This study confirms the impact of pollutants in the grass pollen season but not in the birch pollen season.
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- Annabelle Bédard
- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique), Brussieu, France
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic of Chest Diseases, Immunology and Allergology, Medical Faculty, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- MACVIA-France, Fondation partenariale FMC VIA-LR, Montpellier, France
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- Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Department Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM and Sorbonne Université, Medical School Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042 and CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- MACVIA-France, Fondation partenariale FMC VIA-LR, Montpellier, France; University Hospital, Montpellier, France; INSERM U 1168, VIMA: Ageing and Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.
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Oteros J, Sofiev M, Smith M, Clot B, Damialis A, Prank M, Werchan M, Wachter R, Weber A, Kutzora S, Heinze S, Herr CEW, Menzel A, Bergmann KC, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Schmidt-Weber CB, Buters JTM. Building an automatic pollen monitoring network (ePIN): Selection of optimal sites by clustering pollen stations. Sci Total Environ 2019; 688:1263-1274. [PMID: 31726556 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Airborne pollen is a recognized biological indicator and its monitoring has multiple uses such as providing a tool for allergy diagnosis and prevention. There is a knowledge gap related to the distribution of pollen traps needed to achieve representative biomonitoring in a region. The aim of this manuscript is to suggest a method for setting up a pollen network (monitoring method, monitoring conditions, number and location of samplers etc.). As a case study, we describe the distribution of pollen across Bavaria and the design of the Bavarian pollen monitoring network (ePIN), the first operational automatic pollen network worldwide. We established and ran a dense pollen monitoring network of 27 manual Hirst-type pollen traps across Bavaria, Germany, during 2015. Hierarchical cluster analysis of the data was then performed to select the locations for the sites of the final pollen monitoring network. According to our method, Bavaria can be clustered into three large pollen regions with eight zones. Within each zone, pollen diversity and distribution among different locations does not vary significantly. Based on the pollen zones, we opted to place one automatic monitoring station per zone resulting in the ePIN network, serving 13 million inhabitants. The described method defines stations representative for a homogeneous aeropalynologically region, which reduces redundancy within the network and subsequent costs (in the study case from 27 to 8 locations). Following this method, resources in pollen monitoring networks can be optimized and allergic citizens can then be informed in a timely and effective way, even in larger geographical areas.
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- Jose Oteros
- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, UK
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Zentrum M., Augsburg, Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
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- Foundation German Pollen Information Service (PID), Berlin, Germany
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- Foundation German Pollen Information Service (PID), Berlin, Germany
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- Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL), Munich, Germany
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- Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL), Munich, Germany
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- Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL), Munich, Germany
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- Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL), Munich, Germany
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- Technische Universität München, Ecoclimatology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Freising, Germany; Technische Universität München, Institute for Advanced Study, Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Zentrum M., Augsburg, Germany; Christine Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK Care), Davos, Switzerland
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- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany
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- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
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Siddika N, Rantala AK, Antikainen H, Balogun H, Amegah AK, Ryti NRI, Kukkonen J, Sofiev M, Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK. Synergistic effects of prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and ozone (O 3) on the risk of preterm birth: A population-based cohort study. Environ Res 2019; 176:108549. [PMID: 31252204 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is some evidence that prenatal exposure to low-level air pollution increases the risk of preterm birth (PTB), but little is known about synergistic effects of different pollutants. OBJECTIVES We assessed the independent and joint effects of prenatal exposure to air pollution during the entire duration of pregnancy. METHODS The study population consisted of the 2568 members of the Espoo Cohort Study, born between 1984 and 1990, and living in the City of Espoo, Finland. We assessed individual-level prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants of interest at all the residential addresses from conception to birth. The pollutant concentrations were estimated both by using regional-to-city-scale dispersion modelling and land-use regression-based method. We applied Poisson regression analysis to estimate the adjusted risk ratios (RRs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) by comparing the risk of PTB among babies with the highest quartile (Q4) of exposure during the entire duration of pregnancy with those with the lower exposure quartiles (Q1-Q3). We adjusted for season of birth, maternal age, sex of the baby, family's socioeconomic status, maternal smoking during pregnancy, maternal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during pregnancy, single parenthood, and exposure to other air pollutants (only in multi-pollutant models) in the analysis. RESULTS In a multi-pollutant model estimating the effects of exposure during entire pregnancy, the adjusted RR was 1.37 (95% CI: 0.85, 2.23) for PM2.5 and 1.64 (95% CI: 1.15, 2.35) for O3. The joint effect of PM2.5 and O3 was substantially higher, an adjusted RR of 3.63 (95% CI: 2.16, 6.10), than what would have been expected from their independent effects (0.99 for PM2.5 and 1.34 for O3). The relative risk due to interaction (RERI) was 2.30 (95% CI: 0.95, 4.57). DISCUSSION Our results strengthen the evidence that exposure to fairly low-level air pollution during pregnancy increases the risk of PTB. We provide novel observations indicating that individual air pollutants such as PM2.5 and O3 may act synergistically potentiating each other's adverse effects.
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- Nazeeba Siddika
- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Geography Research Unit, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Public Health Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Post Office, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
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Xian P, Reid JS, Hyer EJ, Sampson CR, Rubin JI, Ades M, Asencio N, Basart S, Benedetti A, Bhattacharjee PS, Brooks ME, Colarco PR, da Silva AM, Eck TF, Guth J, Jorba O, Kouznetsov R, Kipling Z, Sofiev M, Perez Garcia‐Pando C, Pradhan Y, Tanaka T, Wang J, Westphal DL, Yumimoto K, Zhang J. Current state of the global operational aerosol multi-model ensemble: An update from the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP). Q J R Meteorol Soc 2019; 145:176-209. [PMID: 31787783 PMCID: PMC6876662 DOI: 10.1002/qj.3497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Since the first International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP) multi-model ensemble (MME) study, the number of ICAP global operational aerosol models has increased from five to nine. An update of the current ICAP status is provided, along with an evaluation of the performance of ICAP-MME over 2012-2017, with a focus on June 2016-May 2017. Evaluated with ground-based Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) aerosol optical depth (AOD) and data assimilation quality MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) retrieval products, the ICAP-MME AOD consensus remains the overall top-scoring and most consistent performer among all models in terms of root-mean-square error (RMSE), bias and correlation for total, fine- and coarse-mode AODs as well as dust AOD; this is similar to the first ICAP-MME study. Further, over the years, the performance of ICAP-MME is relatively stable and reliable compared to more variability in the individual models. The extent to which the AOD forecast error of ICAP-MME can be predicted is also examined. Leading predictors are found to be the consensus mean and spread. Regression models of absolute forecast errors were built for AOD forecasts of different lengths for potential applications. ICAP-MME performance in terms of modal AOD RMSEs of the 21 regionally representative sites over 2012-2017 suggests a general tendency for model improvements in fine-mode AOD, especially over Asia. No significant improvement in coarse-mode AOD is found overall for this time period.
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- Peng Xian
- Marine Meteorology DivisionNaval Research LaboratoryMontereyCalifornia
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- Marine Meteorology DivisionNaval Research LaboratoryMontereyCalifornia
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- Marine Meteorology DivisionNaval Research LaboratoryMontereyCalifornia
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- Remote Sensing DivisionNaval Research LaboratoryWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather ForecastsReadingUK
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- Earth Sciences DepartmentBarcelona Supercomputing CenterBarcelonaSpain
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMaryland
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- Earth Sciences DepartmentBarcelona Supercomputing CenterBarcelonaSpain
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- Atmospheric Composition UnitFinnish Meteorological InstituteHelsinkiFinland
- Obukhov Institute for Atmospheric PhysicsMoscowRussia
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- European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather ForecastsReadingUK
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- Atmospheric Composition UnitFinnish Meteorological InstituteHelsinkiFinland
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- Atmospheric Environment and Applied Meteorology Research DepartmentMeteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological AgencyTsukubaJapan
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- I.M. System Group at NOAA/NCEP/EMCCollege ParkMaryland
- NOAA NCEPCollege ParkMaryland
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- Atmospheric Environment and Applied Meteorology Research DepartmentMeteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological AgencyTsukubaJapan
- Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan
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- Department of Atmospheric SciencesUniversity of North DakotaGrand ForksNorth Dakota
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Lehtomäki H, Korhonen A, Asikainen A, Karvosenoja N, Kupiainen K, Paunu VV, Savolahti M, Sofiev M, Palamarchuk Y, Karppinen A, Kukkonen J, Hänninen O. Health Impacts of Ambient Air Pollution in Finland. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018; 15:E736. [PMID: 29649153 PMCID: PMC5923778 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15040736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Air pollution has been estimated to be one of the leading environmental health risks in Finland. National health impact estimates existing to date have focused on particles (PM) and ozone (O₃). In this work, we quantify the impacts of particles, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in 2015, and analyze the related uncertainties. The exposures were estimated with a high spatial resolution chemical transport model, and adjusted to observed concentrations. We calculated the health impacts according to Word Health Organization (WHO) working group recommendations. According to our results, ambient air pollution caused a burden of 34,800 disability-adjusted life years (DALY). Fine particles were the main contributor (74%) to the disease burden, which is in line with the earlier studies. The attributable burden was dominated by mortality (32,900 years of life lost (YLL); 95%). Impacts differed between population age groups. The burden was clearly higher in the adult population over 30 years (98%), due to the dominant role of mortality impacts. Uncertainties due to the concentration-response functions were larger than those related to exposures.
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- Heli Lehtomäki
- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 70701 Kuopio, Finland.
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 70701 Kuopio, Finland.
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 70701 Kuopio, Finland.
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- Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), 00251 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), 00251 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), 00251 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 70701 Kuopio, Finland.
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Ritenberga O, Sofiev M, Siljamo P, Saarto A, Dahl A, Ekebom A, Sauliene I, Shalaboda V, Severova E, Hoebeke L, Ramfjord H. A statistical model for predicting the inter-annual variability of birch pollen abundance in Northern and North-Eastern Europe. Sci Total Environ 2018; 615:228-239. [PMID: 28972900 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The paper suggests a methodology for predicting next-year seasonal pollen index (SPI, a sum of daily-mean pollen concentrations) over large regions and demonstrates its performance for birch in Northern and North-Eastern Europe. A statistical model is constructed using meteorological, geophysical and biological characteristics of the previous year). A cluster analysis of multi-annual data of European Aeroallergen Network (EAN) revealed several large regions in Europe, where the observed SPI exhibits similar patterns of the multi-annual variability. We built the model for the northern cluster of stations, which covers Finland, Sweden, Baltic States, part of Belarus, and, probably, Russia and Norway, where the lack of data did not allow for conclusive analysis. The constructed model was capable of predicting the SPI with correlation coefficient reaching up to 0.9 for some stations, odds ratio is infinitely high for 50% of sites inside the region and the fraction of prediction falling within factor of 2 from observations, stays within 40-70%. In particular, model successfully reproduced both the bi-annual cycle of the SPI and years when this cycle breaks down.
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- Olga Ritenberga
- University of Latvia Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, Rainis bvld 19, Riga, LV -1586, Latvia.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Palynological Laboratory, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Belgian Aerobiological Network, Mycology and Aerobiology service, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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Sofiev M, Winebrake JJ, Johansson L, Carr EW, Prank M, Soares J, Vira J, Kouznetsov R, Jalkanen JP, Corbett JJ. Cleaner fuels for ships provide public health benefits with climate tradeoffs. Nat Commun 2018. [PMID: 29410475 DOI: 10.1038/s41467017-02774-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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We evaluate public health and climate impacts of low-sulphur fuels in global shipping. Using high-resolution emissions inventories, integrated atmospheric models, and health risk functions, we assess ship-related PM2.5 pollution impacts in 2020 with and without the use of low-sulphur fuels. Cleaner marine fuels will reduce ship-related premature mortality and morbidity by 34 and 54%, respectively, representing a ~ 2.6% global reduction in PM2.5 cardiovascular and lung cancer deaths and a ~3.6% global reduction in childhood asthma. Despite these reductions, low-sulphur marine fuels will still account for ~250k deaths and ~6.4 M childhood asthma cases annually, and more stringent standards beyond 2020 may provide additional health benefits. Lower sulphur fuels also reduce radiative cooling from ship aerosols by ~80%, equating to a ~3% increase in current estimates of total anthropogenic forcing. Therefore, stronger international shipping policies may need to achieve climate and health targets by jointly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
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- Mikhail Sofiev
- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Energy and Environmental Research Associates, LLC, Pittsford, NY, 14534, USA
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland.
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- University of Delaware, 305 Robinson Hall, Newark, DE, 19711, USA.
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Sofiev M, Winebrake JJ, Johansson L, Carr EW, Prank M, Soares J, Vira J, Kouznetsov R, Jalkanen JP, Corbett JJ. Cleaner fuels for ships provide public health benefits with climate tradeoffs. Nat Commun 2018; 9:406. [PMID: 29410475 PMCID: PMC5802819 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02774-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We evaluate public health and climate impacts of low-sulphur fuels in global shipping. Using high-resolution emissions inventories, integrated atmospheric models, and health risk functions, we assess ship-related PM2.5 pollution impacts in 2020 with and without the use of low-sulphur fuels. Cleaner marine fuels will reduce ship-related premature mortality and morbidity by 34 and 54%, respectively, representing a ~ 2.6% global reduction in PM2.5 cardiovascular and lung cancer deaths and a ~3.6% global reduction in childhood asthma. Despite these reductions, low-sulphur marine fuels will still account for ~250k deaths and ~6.4 M childhood asthma cases annually, and more stringent standards beyond 2020 may provide additional health benefits. Lower sulphur fuels also reduce radiative cooling from ship aerosols by ~80%, equating to a ~3% increase in current estimates of total anthropogenic forcing. Therefore, stronger international shipping policies may need to achieve climate and health targets by jointly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
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- Mikhail Sofiev
- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Energy and Environmental Research Associates, LLC, Pittsford, NY, 14534, USA
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland.
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- University of Delaware, 305 Robinson Hall, Newark, DE, 19711, USA.
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Pfaar O, Bastl K, Berger U, Buters J, Calderon MA, Clot B, Darsow U, Demoly P, Durham SR, Galán C, Gehrig R, Gerth van Wijk R, Jacobsen L, Klimek L, Sofiev M, Thibaudon M, Bergmann KC. Defining pollen exposure times for clinical trials of allergen immunotherapy for pollen-induced rhinoconjunctivitis - an EAACI position paper. Allergy 2017; 72:713-722. [PMID: 27874202 DOI: 10.1111/all.13092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Clinical efficacy of pollen allergen immunotherapy (AIT) has been broadly documented in randomized controlled trials. The underlying clinical endpoints are analysed in seasonal time periods predefined based on the background pollen concentration. However, any validated or generally accepted definition from academia or regulatory authorities for this relevant pollen exposure intensity or period of time (season) is currently not available. Therefore, this Task Force initiative of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) aimed to propose definitions based on expert consensus. METHODS A Task Force of the Immunotherapy and Aerobiology and Pollution Interest Groups of the EAACI reviewed the literature on pollen exposure in the context of defining relevant time intervals for evaluation of efficacy in AIT trials. Underlying principles in measuring pollen exposure and associated methodological problems and limitations were considered to achieve a consensus. RESULTS The Task Force achieved a comprehensive position in defining pollen exposure times for different pollen types. Definitions are presented for 'pollen season', 'high pollen season' (or 'peak pollen period') and 'high pollen days'. CONCLUSION This EAACI position paper provides definitions of pollen exposures for different pollen types for use in AIT trials. Their validity as standards remains to be tested in future studies.
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- O. Pfaar
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Medical Faculty Mannheim; Universitätsmedizin Mannheim; Heidelberg University; Mannheim Germany
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology; Wiesbaden Germany
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- Aerobiology and Pollen Information Research Unit; Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Aerobiology and Pollen Information Research Unit; Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- ZAUM; Center of Allergy & Environment; Helmholtz Center Munich/Technische Universität München; Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL); Munich Germany
- Kühne Foundation; Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE); Munich Germany
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- Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Imperial College London; London UK
- National Heart & Lung Institute; Royal Brompton Hospital; London UK
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss; Payerne Switzerland
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- ZAUM; Center of Allergy & Environment; Helmholtz Center Munich/Technische Universität München; Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL); Munich Germany
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein; Technical University of Munich (TUM); Munich Germany
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- Département de Pneumologie et Addictologie; Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve; University Hospital of Montpellier; Montpellier France
- UPMC Paris 06; UMR-S 1136; IPLESP; Equipe EPAR; Sorbonne Universités; Paris France
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- Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Department of Botany; Ecology and Plant Physiology; University of Córdoba; Córdoba Spain
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- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss; Zurich Switzerland
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- Section of Allergology; Department of Internal Medicine; Erasmus MC; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- ALC; Allergy Learning and Consulting; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Center for Rhinology and Allergology; Wiesbaden Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute; Helsinki Finland
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- RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique); Brussieu France
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- Foundation German Pollen Information Service; Berlin Germany
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Kollanus V, Prank M, Gens A, Soares J, Vira J, Kukkonen J, Sofiev M, Salonen RO, Lanki T. Mortality due to Vegetation Fire-Originated PM2.5 Exposure in Europe-Assessment for the Years 2005 and 2008. Environ Health Perspect 2017; 125:30-37. [PMID: 27472655 PMCID: PMC5226696 DOI: 10.1289/ehp194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vegetation fires can release substantial quantities of fine particles (PM2.5), which are harmful to health. The fire smoke may be transported over long distances and can cause adverse health effects over wide areas. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess annual mortality attributable to short-term exposures to vegetation fire-originated PM2.5 in different regions of Europe. METHODS PM2.5 emissions from vegetation fires in Europe in 2005 and 2008 were evaluated based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data on fire radiative power. Atmospheric transport of the emissions was modeled using the System for Integrated modeLling of Atmospheric coMposition (SILAM) chemical transport model. Mortality impacts were estimated for 27 European countries based on a) modeled daily PM2.5 concentrations and b) population data, both presented in a 50 × 50 km2 spatial grid; c) an exposure-response function for short-term PM2.5 exposure and daily nonaccidental mortality; and d) country-level data for background mortality risk. RESULTS In the 27 countries overall, an estimated 1,483 and 1,080 premature deaths were attributable to the vegetation fire-originated PM2.5 in 2005 and 2008, respectively. Estimated impacts were highest in southern and eastern Europe. However, all countries were affected by fire-originated PM2.5, and even the lower concentrations in western and northern Europe contributed substantially (~ 30%) to the overall estimate of attributable mortality. CONCLUSIONS Our assessment suggests that air pollution caused by PM2.5 released from vegetation fires is a notable risk factor for public health in Europe. Moreover, the risk can be expected to increase in the future as climate change proceeds. This factor should be taken into consideration when evaluating the overall health and socioeconomic impacts of these fires. Citation: Kollanus V, Prank M, Gens A, Soares J, Vira J, Kukkonen J, Sofiev M, Salonen RO, Lanki T. 2017. Mortality due to vegetation fire-originated PM2.5 exposure in Europe-assessment for the years 2005 and 2008. Environ Health Perspect 125:30-37; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP194.
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- Virpi Kollanus
- Department of Health Protection, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
- Address correspondence to V. Kollanus, National Institute for Health and Welfare, P.O. Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio, Finland. Telephone: 358 29 5246392. E-mail:
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- IER (Institute for Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Health Protection, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Health Protection, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
- Unit of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Sofiev M. On impact of transport conditions on variability of the seasonal pollen index. Aerobiologia (Bologna) 2017; 33:167-179. [PMID: 28255196 PMCID: PMC5309265 DOI: 10.1007/s10453-016-9459-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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This discussion paper reveals the contribution of pollen transport conditions to the inter-annual variability of the seasonal pollen index (SPI). This contribution is quantified as a sensitivity of the pollen model predictions to meteorological variability and is shown to be a noticeable addition to the SPI variability caused by plant reproduction cycles. A specially designed SILAM model re-analysis of pollen seasons 1980-2014 was performed, resulting in the 35 years of the SPI predictions over Europe, which was used to compute the SPI inter-annual variability. The current paper presents the results for birch and grass. Throughout the re-analysis, the source term formulations and habitation maps were kept constant, which allowed attributing the obtained variability exclusively to the pollen release and transport conditions during the flowering seasons. It is shown that the effect is substantial: it amounts to 10-20% (grass) and 20-40% (birch) of the observed SPI year-to-year changes reported in the literature. The phenomenon has well-pronounced spatial- and species-specific patterns. The findings were compared with observation-based statistical models for the SPI prediction, showing that such models highlight the same processes as the analysis with the SILAM model.
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- M. Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin Aukio, 1, Helsinki, Finland
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Antturi J, Hänninen O, Jalkanen JP, Johansson L, Prank M, Sofiev M, Ollikainen M. Costs and benefits of low-sulphur fuel standard for Baltic Sea shipping. J Environ Manage 2016; 184:431-440. [PMID: 27742151 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The maximum allowable fuel sulphur content for shipping in the Baltic Sea dropped from 1%S to 0.1%S in 1 January 2015. We provide a cost-benefit analysis of the sulphur reduction policy in the Baltic Sea Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA). We calculated the abatement costs based on shipowners' optimal decision-making in choosing between low-sulphur fuel and a sulphur scrubber, and the benefits were modelled through a high-resolution impact pathway analysis, which took into account the formation and dispersion of the emissions, and considered the positive health impacts resulting from lowered ambient PM2.5 concentrations. Our basic result indicates that for the Baltic Sea only, the latest sulphur regulation is not cost-effective. The expected annual cost is roughly €465 M and benefit 2200 saved Disability Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs) or monetized €105 M. Based on our sensitivity analysis, the benefits yet have a potential to exceed the costs. The analysis neither takes into account the acidifying impact of sulphur nor the impact North Sea shipping has on the cost-benefit ratio. Lastly, a similar approach is found highly recommendable to study the implications of the upcoming Tier III NOx standard for shipping.
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- Jim Antturi
- University of Helsinki, Department of Economics and Management, Latokartanonkaari 7, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL Health Protection, P.O. Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Helsinki, Department of Economics and Management, Latokartanonkaari 7, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014, Finland.
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Oteros J, Sofiev M, Smith M, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Menzel A, Bergmann C, Wachter R, Clot B, Schmidt-Weber C, Buters J. 064 The building of the bavarian electronic pollen information network - ePIN. J Invest Dermatol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.06.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hjort J, Hugg TT, Antikainen H, Rusanen J, Sofiev M, Kukkonen J, Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJ. Fine-Scale Exposure to Allergenic Pollen in the Urban Environment: Evaluation of Land Use Regression Approach. Environ Health Perspect 2016; 124:619-26. [PMID: 26452296 PMCID: PMC4858385 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1509761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite the recent developments in physically and chemically based analysis of atmospheric particles, no models exist for resolving the spatial variability of pollen concentration at urban scale. OBJECTIVES We developed a land use regression (LUR) approach for predicting spatial fine-scale allergenic pollen concentrations in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland, and evaluated the performance of the models against available empirical data. METHODS We used grass pollen data monitored at 16 sites in an urban area during the peak pollen season and geospatial environmental data. The main statistical method was generalized linear model (GLM). RESULTS GLM-based LURs explained 79% of the spatial variation in the grass pollen data based on all samples, and 47% of the variation when samples from two sites with very high concentrations were excluded. In model evaluation, prediction errors ranged from 6% to 26% of the observed range of grass pollen concentrations. Our findings support the use of geospatial data-based statistical models to predict the spatial variation of allergenic grass pollen concentrations at intra-urban scales. A remote sensing-based vegetation index was the strongest predictor of pollen concentrations for exposure assessments at local scales. CONCLUSIONS The LUR approach provides new opportunities to estimate the relations between environmental determinants and allergenic pollen concentration in human-modified environments at fine spatial scales. This approach could potentially be applied to estimate retrospectively pollen concentrations to be used for long-term exposure assessments. CITATION Hjort J, Hugg TT, Antikainen H, Rusanen J, Sofiev M, Kukkonen J, Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJ. 2016. Fine-scale exposure to allergenic pollen in the urban environment: evaluation of land use regression approach. Environ Health Perspect 124:619-626; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1509761.
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Bastl K, Kmenta M, Pessi AM, Prank M, Saarto A, Sofiev M, Bergmann KC, Buters JTM, Thibaudon M, Jäger S, Berger U. First comparison of symptom data with allergen content (Bet v 1 and Phl p 5 measurements) and pollen data from four European regions during 2009-2011. Sci Total Environ 2016; 548-549:229-235. [PMID: 26802351 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The level of symptoms in pollen allergy sufferers and users of the Patient's Hayfever Diary (PHD), does not directly reflect the total amount of pollen in the air. It is necessary to explain the symptom load and thus the development of allergic symptoms and to determine which environmental factors, besides the pollen load, influence variables. It seems reasonable to suspect allergen content because the amount of allergen varies throughout seasons and regions and is not always correlated with the total pollen amount. METHODS Data on the allergen content of ambient air (Bet v 1 and Phl p 5) from 2009 until 2011 was used to compare the respective pollen and symptom loads for study regions in Austria, Germany, France and Finland. RESULTS Our findings suggest that allergen amount (Bet v 1/Phl p 5) has a strong but regionally dependent impact on the symptom load of pollen allergy sufferers. Peak symptom loads can be traced with peak allergen loads. The influence of other important aeroallergens should also be assessed during the pollen season. CONCLUSION Allergen concentrations have an impact on pollen allergy sufferers although not as clear as assumed previously. The pattern of pollen load and major allergen content distribution does not directly explain the symptom load pattern, although significant positive correlations were found. Thus, monitoring of symptoms via voluntary crowdsourcing should be considered for future pollen and symptom forecasts in order to support pollen allergy sufferers.
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- Katharina Bastl
- University Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria.
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- University Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria; Department of Paleontology, Universität Wien, Austria
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Charité, Allergy-Centre-Charité, Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Berlin, Germany
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- ZAUM - Center of Allergy & Environment, Helmholtz Zentrum München/Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; CK-CARE, Christine Kühne Centre for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland
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- RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique), Brussieu, France
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- University Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
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- University Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
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Buters J, Prank M, Sofiev M, Pusch G, Albertini R, Annesi-Maesano I, Antunes C, Behrendt H, Berger U, Brandao R, Celenk S, Galan C, Grewling Ł, Jackowiak B, Kennedy R, Rantio-Lehtimäki A, Reese G, Sauliene I, Smith M, Thibaudon M, Weber B, Cecchi L. Variation of the group 5 grass pollen allergen content of airborne pollen in relation to geographic location and time in season. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015; 136:87-95.e6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ring J, Akdis C, Lauener R, Schäppi G, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Akdis M, Ammann W, Behrendt H, Bieber T, Biedermann T, Bienenstock J, Blaser K, Braun-Fahrländer C, Brockow K, Buters J, Crameri R, Darsow U, Denburg JA, Eyerich K, Frei R, Galli SJ, Gutermuth J, Holt P, Koren H, Leung D, Müller U, Muraro A, Ollert M, O'Mahony L, Pawankar R, Platts-Mills T, Rhyner C, Rosenwasser LJ, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Schmidt-Weber CB, Schmutz W, Simon D, Simon HU, Sofiev M, van Hage M, van Ree R. Global Allergy Forum and Second Davos Declaration 2013 Allergy: Barriers to cure--challenges and actions to be taken. Allergy 2014; 69:978-82. [PMID: 25041525 DOI: 10.1111/all.12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Berger U, Karatzas K, Jaeger S, Voukantsis D, Sofiev M, Brandt O, Zuberbier T, Bergmann KC. Personalized pollen-related symptom-forecast information services for allergic rhinitis patients in Europe. Allergy 2013; 68:963-5. [PMID: 23905985 DOI: 10.1111/all.12181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- U. Berger
- Medizinische Universität Wien; Universitätsklinik für Hals, Nasen und Ohrenkrankheiten; Wien; Austria
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- Informatics Systems & Applications Group; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Aristotle University; Thessaloniki; Greece
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- Medizinische Universität Wien; Universitätsklinik für Hals, Nasen und Ohrenkrankheiten; Wien; Austria
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- Informatics Systems & Applications Group; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Aristotle University; Thessaloniki; Greece
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute; Air Quality Research; Helsinki; Finland
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy; Charité-Universitätsmedizin; Berlin; Germany, a member of GA2LEN
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy; Charité-Universitätsmedizin; Berlin; Germany, a member of GA2LEN
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy; Charité-Universitätsmedizin; Berlin; Germany, a member of GA2LEN
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Galan C, Antunes C, Brandao R, Torres C, Garcia-Mozo H, Caeiro E, Ferro R, Prank M, Sofiev M, Albertini R, Berger U, Cecchi L, Celenk S, Grewling Ł, Jackowiak B, Jäger S, Kennedy R, Rantio-Lehtimäki A, Reese G, Sauliene I, Smith M, Thibaudon M, Weber B, Weichenmeier I, Pusch G, Buters JTM. Airborne olive pollen counts are not representative of exposure to the major olive allergen Ole e 1. Allergy 2013; 68:809-12. [PMID: 23647633 DOI: 10.1111/all.12144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Pollen is routinely monitored, but it is unknown whether pollen counts represent allergen exposure. We therefore simultaneously determined olive pollen and Ole e 1 in ambient air in Córdoba, Spain, and Évora, Portugal, using Hirst-type traps for pollen and high-volume cascade impactors for allergen. Pollen from different days released 12-fold different amounts of Ole e 1 per pollen (both locations P < 0.001). Average allergen release from pollen (pollen potency) was much higher in Córdoba (3.9 pg Ole e 1/pollen) than in Évora (0.8 pg Ole e 1/pollen, P = 0.004). Indeed, yearly olive pollen counts in Córdoba were 2.4 times higher than in Évora, but Ole e 1 concentrations were 7.6 times higher. When modeling the origin of the pollen, >40% of Ole e 1 exposure in Évora was explained by high-potency pollen originating from the south of Spain. Thus, olive pollen can vary substantially in allergen release, even though they are morphologically identical.
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- C. Galan
- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology; University of Córdoba; CeiA3, Córdoba; Spain
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- ICAAM - Institute of Mediterranean Crop and Environmental Sciences; University of Évora; Évora; Portugal
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology; University of Córdoba; CeiA3, Córdoba; Spain
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology; University of Córdoba; CeiA3, Córdoba; Spain
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- ICAAM - Institute of Mediterranean Crop and Environmental Sciences; University of Évora; Évora; Portugal
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- ICAAM - Institute of Mediterranean Crop and Environmental Sciences; University of Évora; Évora; Portugal
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute; Helsinki; Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute; Helsinki; Finland
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- Laboratory of Allergology; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; University of Parma; U.O. Medical Immunology; University Hospital of Parma; Parma; Italy
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; Research Unit Aerobiology and Pollen Information; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna; Austria
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- Interdepartmental Centre of Bioclimatology; University of Florence; Florence; Italy
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- Aerobiology Laboratory; Biology Department, Science and Arts Faculty; Uludag University; Gorukle-Bursa; Turkey
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- Laboratory of Aeropalynology; Faculty of Biology; Adam Mickiewicz University; Poznań; Poland
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- Laboratory of Aeropalynology; Faculty of Biology; Adam Mickiewicz University; Poznań; Poland
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; Research Unit Aerobiology and Pollen Information; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna; Austria
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- National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit; University of Worcester; Worcester; UK
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- Allergopharma Joachim Ganzer KG; Reinbek; Germany
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- Department of Environmental Research; Siauliai University; Siauliai; Lithuania
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; Research Unit Aerobiology and Pollen Information; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna; Austria
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- RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique); Brussieu; France
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- Allergopharma Joachim Ganzer KG; Reinbek; Germany
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Siljamo P, Sofiev M, Filatova E, Grewling Ł, Jäger S, Khoreva E, Linkosalo T, Ortega Jimenez S, Ranta H, Rantio-Lehtimäki A, Svetlov A, Veriankaite L, Yakovleva E, Kukkonen J. A numerical model of birch pollen emission and dispersion in the atmosphere. Model evaluation and sensitivity analysis. Int J Biometeorol 2013; 57:125-36. [PMID: 22434484 PMCID: PMC3527737 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0539-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Revised: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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An evaluation of performance of the System for Integrated modeLling of Atmospheric coMposition (SILAM) in application to birch pollen dispersion is presented. The system is described in a companion paper whereas the current study evaluates the model sensitivity to details of the pollen emission module parameterisation and to the meteorological input data. The most important parameters are highlighted. The reference year considered for the analysis is 2006. It is shown that the model is capable of predicting about two-thirds of allergenic alerts, with the odds ratio exceeding 12 for the best setup. Several other statistics corroborate with these estimations. Low-pollen concentration days are also predicted correctly in more than two-thirds of cases. The model experiences certain difficulties only with intermediate pollen concentrations. It is demonstrated that the most important input parameter is the near-surface temperature, the bias of which can easily jeopardise the results. The model sensitivity to random fluctuations of temperature is much lower. Other parameters important at various stages of pollen development, release, and dispersion are precipitation and ambient humidity, as well as wind direction.
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- Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- EVIRA, Helsinki, Finland
- University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the Nort Kola Science Center, RAS, Apatity, Russia
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Sofiev M, Siljamo P, Ranta H, Linkosalo T, Jaeger S, Rasmussen A, Rantio-Lehtimaki A, Severova E, Kukkonen J. A numerical model of birch pollen emission and dispersion in the atmosphere. Description of the emission module. Int J Biometeorol 2013; 57:45-58. [PMID: 22410824 PMCID: PMC3527742 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0532-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Revised: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A birch pollen emission model is described and its main features are discussed. The development of the model is based on a double-threshold temperature sum model that describes the propagation of the flowering season and naturally links to the thermal time models to predict the onset and duration of flowering. For the flowering season, the emission model considers ambient humidity and precipitation rate, both of which suppress the pollen release, as well as wind speed and turbulence intensity, which promote it. These dependencies are qualitatively evaluated using the aerobiological observations. Reflecting the probabilistic character of the flowering of an individual tree in a population, the model introduces relaxation functions at the start and end of the season. The physical basis of the suggested birch pollen emission model is compared with another comprehensive emission module reported in literature. The emission model has been implemented in the SILAM dispersion modelling system, the results of which are evaluated in a companion paper.
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- M Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
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