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<p><i>Ambrosia artemisiifolia</i> (common ragweed), an annual plant native to North America, is an invasive species in Europe, including Poland, posing economic issues and significant health risks due to its highly allergenic pollen. In Poland, common ragweed is still relatively sparsely distributed, but the number of persistent populations has recently increased. This study aimed to check whether an invasion of common ragweed observed since 2020 in Kraków (southern Poland) affected the pollen seasons in the following years. The aerobiological study has been supported by an ongoing botanical survey during which 38 new sites have been described. The local invasion of <i>A</i>. <i>artemisiifolia</i> populations has noticeably affected the recorded pollen seasons since 2020, increasing the risk of exposure for residents, mainly due to the proximity of residential and recreational areas to the largest populations of common ragweed. However, trend analysis did not show the significant long-term tendencies for the most pollen season parameters; SPIn value and the number of high-pollen days increased evidently within the study period. Local ragweed invasion is becoming an increasingly important source of pollen, although pollen exposure from the long-distance transport (LDT) episodes in southern and eastern regions continues to be a large source of pollen.</p>

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Does a long-term pollen monitoring assess the risk of increasing local exposure to common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) allergens?

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    2026年1月11日

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  • Artur Górecki,
  • Artur Pliszko,
  • Katarzyna Piotrowicz,
  • Monika Ziemianin,
  • Dorota Myszkowska

摘要

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed), an annual plant native to North America, is an invasive species in Europe, including Poland, posing economic issues and significant health risks due to its highly allergenic pollen. In Poland, common ragweed is still relatively sparsely distributed, but the number of persistent populations has recently increased. This study aimed to check whether an invasion of common ragweed observed since 2020 in Kraków (southern Poland) affected the pollen seasons in the following years. The aerobiological study has been supported by an ongoing botanical survey during which 38 new sites have been described. The local invasion of A. artemisiifolia populations has noticeably affected the recorded pollen seasons since 2020, increasing the risk of exposure for residents, mainly due to the proximity of residential and recreational areas to the largest populations of common ragweed. However, trend analysis did not show the significant long-term tendencies for the most pollen season parameters; SPIn value and the number of high-pollen days increased evidently within the study period. Local ragweed invasion is becoming an increasingly important source of pollen, although pollen exposure from the long-distance transport (LDT) episodes in southern and eastern regions continues to be a large source of pollen.