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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, IN
2 Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700 009, IN
3 Department of Botany, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra 743 268, IN
1 Department of Botany, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah 711 101, IN
2 Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700 009, IN
3 Department of Botany, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra 743 268, IN
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Current Science, Vol 111, No 9 (2016), Pagination: 1486-1491Abstract
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.Full Text
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