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Grain Harvesting as a Local Source of Cladosporium 1 spp. in Denmark

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Olsen, Y., Begovic, T., Skjøth, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-9568, Rasmussen, K., Gosewinkel, U., Hertel, O. and Sigsgaard, T. (2019) Grain Harvesting as a Local Source of Cladosporium 1 spp. in Denmark. Aerobiologia, 35 (2). pp. 373-378. ISSN Print: 0393-5965 Online: 1573-3025

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Official URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10453-0...

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Cladosporium spp. are omnipresent moulds that grow on multiple substrates. Their spores possess a high allergenic potential. Currently, little is known about the incidence and the sources of airborne Cladosporium spores in Denmark. Air samples were collected between 31 May and 22 September 2015 in Viborg (Jutland, western Denmark). Eighteen out of 21 days with daily average concentrations exceeding the health relevant threshold of 3,000 Spores m-3, including the day with peak daily (13,553 Spores m-3) and 3-h concentrations (35,662 Spores m-3), occurred in August. The air masses that approached Viborg during the longest episode of elevated spore concentrations originated from northern Poland, the Baltics, passing over southern Sweden and the eastern Danish island of Zealand. The Cladosporium spore concentrations from Viborg were compared with the Cladosporium spore concentrations from the operational monitoring station in Copenhagen (Zealand, eastern Denmark). During the episode concentrations in Viborg were on average 2,268 spores m-3 higher than in Copenhagen. On the peak day between 8:00-15:00 concentrations in Viborg were 4-7 times higher than in Copenhagen, which we associated with grain crop harvesting in eastern Jutland. Elevated day time concentrations in Viborg on the days with daily average concentrations exceeding the threshold also indicate the local character of the sources.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Staff and students at the University of Worcester can access the full-text via the UW online library search. External users should check availability with their local library or Interlibrary Requests Service.
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords:	aerobiology, Cladosporium spp., back trajectories, HYSPLIT, airmass transport, grain harvesting
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Science and the Environment
Related URLs:	https://link.springer.com/journal/10453 https://library.worc.ac.uk/
Depositing User:	Carsten Skjoth
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2018 13:01
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2020 17:26
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7404

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