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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
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
- Mikhail Sofiev
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki 00560, Finland
| | | | - Annabelle Bédard
- 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
| | - Xavier Basagana
- 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
| | - Josep M. Anto
- 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
| | | | | | - Karl Christian 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, Berlin 10117, Germany
| | - Joao A. Fonseca
- 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
| | | | | | - Isabella Annesi-Maesano
- 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
| | | | - Jean Louis Pépin
- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042 and CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble 38000, France
| | - Ingrid Jullian-Desayes
- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042 and CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble 38000, France
| | | | | | - Jean Bousquet
- 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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