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Atmospheric Pollen Grains of a Suburban Area near India-Bangladesh Border with Reference to their Allergenic Potential and Probable Effect on Asthma-Related Hospital Admission


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1 Department of Botany, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah 711 101, India
2 Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700 009, India
3 Department of Botany, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra 743 268, India
 

To study the role of atmospheric pollen on respiratory allergy and asthma-related hospitalization (ARH), a pollen calendar was prepared for a suburban area (Habra) of West Bengal, near India-Bangladesh border on the basis of seven-year (2007-2013) aeropollen monitoring with Burkard slide-sampler. Among 40 pollen types, Poaceae/grass showed highest contribution (12.32%) followed by Trema orientalis (11.45%) and others. Among 30 allergenic pollen types, Poaceae/grass showed the highest sensitivity in skin-prick test (>50%) and IgE-ELISA. ARH of local population (n = 9492) showed significant positive correlation (P < 0.05) with airborne pollen of grass, Bombax ceiba, Mangifera indica and total aeropollen too.

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Airborne Pollen Calendar, Allergenic Pollen, Asthma-Related Hospitalization, IgE-ELISA, Skin-Prick Test.
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  • Atmospheric Pollen Grains of a Suburban Area near India-Bangladesh Border with Reference to their Allergenic Potential and Probable Effect on Asthma-Related Hospital Admission

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Authors

Pampa Chakraborty
Department of Botany, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah 711 101, India
Kavita Ghosal
Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700 009, India
Eva Sarkar
Department of Botany, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra 743 268, India
Swati Gupta Bhattacharya
Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700 009, India

Abstract


To study the role of atmospheric pollen on respiratory allergy and asthma-related hospitalization (ARH), a pollen calendar was prepared for a suburban area (Habra) of West Bengal, near India-Bangladesh border on the basis of seven-year (2007-2013) aeropollen monitoring with Burkard slide-sampler. Among 40 pollen types, Poaceae/grass showed highest contribution (12.32%) followed by Trema orientalis (11.45%) and others. Among 30 allergenic pollen types, Poaceae/grass showed the highest sensitivity in skin-prick test (>50%) and IgE-ELISA. ARH of local population (n = 9492) showed significant positive correlation (P < 0.05) with airborne pollen of grass, Bombax ceiba, Mangifera indica and total aeropollen too.

Keywords


Airborne Pollen Calendar, Allergenic Pollen, Asthma-Related Hospitalization, IgE-ELISA, Skin-Prick Test.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi9%2F1486-1491