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Curr Biol. 2021 May 10;31(9):1995-2003.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.019. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Environmental DNA reveals links between abundance and composition of airborne grass pollen and respiratory health.

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Francis M Rowney, Georgina L Brennan, Carsten A Skjøth, Gareth W Griffith, Rachel N McInnes, Yolanda Clewlow, Beverley Adams-Groom, Adam Barber, Natasha de Vere, Theo Economou, Matthew Hegarty, Helen M Hanlon, Laura Jones, Alexander Kurganskiy, Geoffrey M Petch, Caitlin Potter, Abdullah M Rafiq, Amena Warner, Benedict Wheeler, Nicholas J Osborne, Simon Creer

Affiliations

  1. European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3HD, UK; School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK; Centre for Environmental and Climate Science/Aquatic Ecology, Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK.
  4. IBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3FL, UK.
  5. Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK.
  6. IBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3FL, UK; National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne SA32 8HN, UK.
  7. Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK; Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK.
  8. National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne SA32 8HN, UK.
  9. School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK; Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK.
  10. School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK.
  11. Allergy UK, Edgington Way, Sidcup DA14 5BH, UK.
  12. European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3HD, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
  13. European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3HD, UK; School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
  14. School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 33711254 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.019

Abstract

Grass (Poaceae) pollen is the most important outdoor aeroallergen,

Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: aerial allergens; asthma; biomonitoring; eDNA; grass pollen; interdisciplinary; pollen; qPCR; respiratory allergy

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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