Singh Anand Bahadur, Mathur Chandni
Allergy & Aerobiology Laboratory, Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi University Campus, Delhi 110007, India.
Asia Pac Allergy. 2012 Jul;2(3):210-22. doi: 10.5415/apallergy.2012.2.3.210. Epub 2012 Jul 25.
Allergic diseases are amongst the most common chronic disorders worldwide. Today, more than 300 million of the population is known to suffer from one or other allergic ailments affecting the socio-economic quality of life. Major causative agents implicated are pollen grains, fungal spores, dust mites, insect debris, animal epithelia, etc. Several aerobiological studies have been conducted in different parts of the world to ascertain aerial concentration and seasonality of pollen grains and fungi. Especially from clinical point of view, it is important to know the details about the pollen season and pollen load in the atmosphere. The flowering time of higher plants are events that come periodically in each season, but the time of blooming may differ from year to year, in different geographic locations. Based on differences recorded in several years of observations in airborne pollen, pollen calendars are drawn as an aid to allergy diagnosis and management. This review article emphasises on various aerobiological parameters of environmental pollen from different parts of the world with special emphasis from India. The role of aerobiology in the diagnosis and management of allergic diseases is reviewed briefly in this article.
过敏性疾病是全球最常见的慢性疾病之一。如今，已知超过3亿人患有某种影响社会经济生活质量的过敏性疾病。主要的致病因素包括花粉粒、真菌孢子、尘螨、昆虫残骸、动物上皮等。世界各地已开展了多项空气生物学研究，以确定花粉粒和真菌的空气中浓度及季节性。特别是从临床角度来看，了解花粉季节和大气中花粉负荷的详细情况很重要。高等植物的开花时间是每个季节定期出现的事件，但在不同地理位置，开花时间可能逐年不同。根据对空气中花粉数年观测记录的差异，绘制花粉日历以辅助过敏诊断和管理。这篇综述文章着重介绍了来自世界不同地区环境花粉的各种空气生物学参数，特别强调了来自印度的情况。本文还简要综述了空气生物学在过敏性疾病诊断和管理中的作用。
