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Pollen and Climate

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Pollen grains, a causative agent of asthma and allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis are among the commonest allergens in atopic patients. Pollen allergy has a remarkable clinical impact all over world and there is a body of evidence suggesting that the prevalence of respiratory allergic reactions induced by pollens in a changing world is on the increase [1–3]. The prevalence of asthma has increased, and it is still increasing worldwide in parallel with that of allergy for the past 4 decades [4, 5]. This data suggests that it might be possible that the increase is related to changing many environments including climate.

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