Impact of Tree Pollen Distribution on Allergic Diseases in Serbia: Evidence of Implementation of Allergen Immunotherapy to Betula verrucosa
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Pollen Monitoring in Serbia
2.2. Evaluation of the Usage of Allergen Immunotherapy
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Pollen Monitoring Data
3.2. Analysis on the Usage of Tree Pollen SLIT
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Yearly Therapy % | Total Initiations Therapy % | |||
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Year | Grass and Weed | Tree | Grass and Weed | Tree |
2015 | 83.1 | 17.0 | 80.9 | 19.1 |
2016 | 80.7 | 19.3 | 72.2 | 27.8 |
2017 | 78.8 | 21.2 | 78.6 | 21.4 |
2018 | 81.4 | 18.6 | 78.0 | 22.0 |
Total Yearly Therapy % | ||||||||
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Year | Mixtures Including Tree Pollen | Tree Pollen | Betula | Corylus | Alnus | Juglans | Tilia | Quercus |
2015 | 28.2 | 13.4 | 46.1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
2016 | 31.2 | 13.7 | 48.1 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
2017 | 29.7 | 12.7 | 48.4 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
2018 | 33.5 | 14.0 | 45.6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Therapy Initiations % | ||||||||
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Year | Mixtures Including Tree Pollen | Tree Pollen | Betula | Corylus | Alnus | Juglans | Tilia | Quercus |
2015 | 59 | 10 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
2016 | 71 | 38 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 75 | 18 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2018 | 78 | 26 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
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Minić, R.; Josipović, M.; Tomić Spirić, V.; Gavrović-Jankulović, M.; Perić Popadić, A.; Prokopijević, I.; Ljubičić, A.; Stamenković, D.; Burazer, L. Impact of Tree Pollen Distribution on Allergic Diseases in Serbia: Evidence of Implementation of Allergen Immunotherapy to Betula verrucosa. Medicina 2020, 56, 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020059
Minić R, Josipović M, Tomić Spirić V, Gavrović-Jankulović M, Perić Popadić A, Prokopijević I, Ljubičić A, Stamenković D, Burazer L. Impact of Tree Pollen Distribution on Allergic Diseases in Serbia: Evidence of Implementation of Allergen Immunotherapy to Betula verrucosa. Medicina. 2020; 56(2):59. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020059
Chicago/Turabian StyleMinić, Rajna, Mirjana Josipović, Vesna Tomić Spirić, Marija Gavrović-Jankulović, Aleksandra Perić Popadić, Ivana Prokopijević, Ana Ljubičić, Danijela Stamenković, and Lidija Burazer. 2020. "Impact of Tree Pollen Distribution on Allergic Diseases in Serbia: Evidence of Implementation of Allergen Immunotherapy to Betula verrucosa" Medicina 56, no. 2: 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020059