AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-10-06DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09886-6
Jana Ščevková, Matúš Žilka, Peter Tóth, Eva Zahradníková, Michal Hrabovský
{"title":"Comparison of the spectrum and quantity of airborne bioparticles above morphologically typical populations of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and those with reduced male flower production","authors":"Jana Ščevková, Matúš Žilka, Peter Tóth, Eva Zahradníková, Michal Hrabovský","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09886-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09886-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Ambrosia artemisiifolia</i> L. (common ragweed) is an invasive species in Europe that produces highly allergenic pollen with substantial health impacts. Recently, populations showing aberrant floral morphotypes, characterised by bracteate racemes and strongly reduced or absent staminate heads, have been observed, particularly at field margins. The causes of these abnormalities remain unclear, although the involvement of pathogens has been suggested. We hypothesised that aberrant populations differ from typical ones in both the amount of airborne pollen released and the spectrum of other bioparticles, including potential phytopathogens. To test this, spore traps were installed at three heights (0, 50, and 150 cm) above both typical and aberrant populations, and the captured airborne bioparticles were analysed. Pollen concentrations were markedly reduced above aberrant populations, consistent with their feminised floral structures. Differences were also observed in the composition and abundance of airborne fungal spores, with several phytopathogenic taxa, such as <i>Cryptophyllachora</i>, <i>Albugo</i>, and <i>Puccinia</i>, occurring more frequently above aberrant stands. These findings provide the first aerobiological evidence of distinct airborne particle profiles associated with the aberrant morphotype, highlighting possible links with phytopathogens. Further work, including tissue-level pathogen detection, will be required to confirm causal relationships.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"807 - 820"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10453-025-09886-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-10-04DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09884-8
Lucy Sarah Neal, Katherine Brown, Paul Agnew, Jonathan Bennie, Yolanda Clewlow, Regan Early, Deborah Hemming
{"title":"Correction: Development and verification of a taxa‑specific gridded pollen modelling system for the UK","authors":"Lucy Sarah Neal, Katherine Brown, Paul Agnew, Jonathan Bennie, Yolanda Clewlow, Regan Early, Deborah Hemming","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09884-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09884-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"855 - 855"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10453-025-09884-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-09-30DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09883-9
Carmen Galán, Paolo Mandrioli, Matt Smith
{"title":"40 years of Aerobiologia, the international journal of aerobiology","authors":"Carmen Galán, Paolo Mandrioli, Matt Smith","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09883-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09883-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"697 - 698"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward comprehensive airborne pathogen control in Indonesia’s tropical setting","authors":"Feri Eko Hermanto, Andhika Prima Prasetyo, Ratna Dwi Puji Astuti, Eka Gunarti Ningsih, Anissa Nofita Sari, Indira Prakoso","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09881-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09881-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Airborne pathogens pose significant public health risks, especially in tropical countries like Indonesia, where year-round warmth and high humidity facilitate microbial survival. Dense urban settings, limited healthcare infrastructure, and frequent interactions between human and animal populations exacerbate the spread of bacteria, viruses, and fungi through both indoor and outdoor air. Traditional sampling methods, including settle plates and impaction samplers, have offered foundational insights into microbial loads but often fail to detect the full range of microorganisms. Recent advances in molecular diagnostics, such as polymerase chain reaction and metagenomics, now enable detailed analyses of airborne pathogens, uncovering critical information about species diversity and potential antibiotic resistance. Recognizing the complexity of disease transmission, this manuscript embraces a One Health perspective, advocating for collaboration across human, veterinary, and environmental sectors. Policy integration is equally vital: While Indonesia enforces regulations on chemical pollutants, microbial air quality remains largely overlooked. Strengthening detection strategies, updating public health policies, and raising community awareness can collectively shift national efforts from reactive containment to proactive surveillance. Recommendations include establishing multi-tiered monitoring networks that gather baseline data while rapidly investigating hotspots, augmenting laboratory capacity for advanced diagnostic methods, and implementing regulatory frameworks that address airborne pathogen thresholds in high-occupancy facilities. Through these strategies, Indonesia can bolster its resilience against airborne diseases, safeguarding public health amid rapid demographic and environmental changes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"719 - 742"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-09-20DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09882-w
Benoît Crouzy, Marie-Pierre Meurville, Bernard Clot, Sophie Erb, Maria Lbadaoui-Darvas, Fiona Tummon, Gian Lieberherr
{"title":"Operational pollen classification using digital holography and fluorescence","authors":"Benoît Crouzy, Marie-Pierre Meurville, Bernard Clot, Sophie Erb, Maria Lbadaoui-Darvas, Fiona Tummon, Gian Lieberherr","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09882-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09882-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This note introduces the newly developed MeteoSwiss operational pollen classification model based on digital holography and induced fluorescence measurements. A targeted selection of curated training datasets together with a revised model architecture result in considerable improvements compared to previous operational model. The new classification model, which has been trained specifically for Switzerland, is provided openly for use in a standard format for machine learning interoperability. In addition to the description of the new classification model, we motivate the need for this development by presenting the most significant issue met during the first 5 years of operation of the Swiss automatic pollen monitoring network.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"841 - 846"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10453-025-09882-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09878-6
Ali Abdullah Al-Mehdar, Mohammed A. W. Almorish, Muath Aldomini, Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi, Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Fatima ELshikh Mohammed Elhadi, Elsharif A. Bazie, Moataz Mohamed Alhasan, Khaled Mohammed Al-Sayaghi, Muayad Saud Albadrani
{"title":"Aeroallergen sensitization patterns among allergic respiratory diseases patients living in Sana’a City, Yemen","authors":"Ali Abdullah Al-Mehdar, Mohammed A. W. Almorish, Muath Aldomini, Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi, Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Fatima ELshikh Mohammed Elhadi, Elsharif A. Bazie, Moataz Mohamed Alhasan, Khaled Mohammed Al-Sayaghi, Muayad Saud Albadrani","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09878-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09878-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The sensitization to prevalent environmental aeroallergens is pivotal in the etiology and intensity of respiratory allergic diseases, particularly bronchial asthma (BA) and allergic rhinitis (AR). The assessment of aeroallergen sensitization is essential for clinicians to refine therapeutic approaches. Skin prick testing (SPT) is recognized as a reliable diagnostic tool for immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergic disorders, yet; however, the allergen sensitivity profile in Yemen remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to assess the sensitization profiles to aeroallergens in patients with respiratory allergic diseases in Sana'a City, Yemen. This cross-sectional study, involving 315 patients with respiratory allergic diseases, was conducted between February and May 2020 in Sana’a City, Yemen. The patients were classified based on demographic and clinical diagnosis. The study excluded individuals with a history of drug use, including antihistamines, corticosteroids, anti-inflammatory agents, and immunosuppressants, which could interfere with active infections, allergic skin conditions, pregnancy, or skin tests. The SPT was conducted using 20 different types of environmental aeroallergen extracts. Data were examined with SPSS version 23.0, where descriptive statistics for study variables were computed and relevant significance tests were executed to ascertain statistical relevance. The study of 315 patients included 222 (70.5%) males and 93 (29.5%) females, with a median age of 41 years. The prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases was 55.9% for AR and 44.1% for BA. The overall prevalence of sensitization to aeroallergens was 63.5%. Among the cohort, 33.7% exhibited monosensitization to a single aeroallergen, whereas 29.8% demonstrated sensitization to multiple aeroallergens. The predominant aeroallergens sensitization included weeds (41.1%), house dust mites (HDM) (23.8%), and animal dander (17.5%). The most common aeroallergens were <i>Salsola kali</i> at 10.5%, <i>Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus</i> (<i>D. pteronyssinus</i>) at 10.2%, and <i>Dermatophagoides farinae</i> (<i>D. farinae</i>) at 9.8. Aeroallergen sensitization was significantly more prevalent in patients with AR than in those with BA, with notable increases in sensitization rates for weeds and HDM aeroallergens (<i>p</i>˃ 0.05), and a significant rise in sensitization to date palm allergen (<i>Phoenix dactylifera</i>) in AR compared to BA (<i>p</i> = 0.017). The study findings indicate a significant prevalence of sensitization to various aeroallergens in individuals with AR and BA. <i>Salsola kali</i>, <i>D. pteronyssinus,</i> and <i>D. farinae</i> were identified as the most common aeroallergens in study patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"777 - 786"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09875-9
Elisabeth Pfrommer, Gülsah Gabriel, Ulrich E. Schaible, Thomas Gutsmann, Kerstin Schepanski
{"title":"Transmission of influenza is driven by weather conditions in Germany","authors":"Elisabeth Pfrommer, Gülsah Gabriel, Ulrich E. Schaible, Thomas Gutsmann, Kerstin Schepanski","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09875-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09875-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Influenza seasonality is influenced by environmental and ecological conditions as well as evolutionary processes shaping the transmission potential of airborne Influenza A virus (IAV) particles and subsequent infectious disease. Considering fluctuating environmental conditions with absolute humidity as a key driver, we analyzed environmental effects on the infection dynamic in Germany during the influenza seasons between 2010 and 2018. Despite the fact that Germany is a comparably homogenous country with regard to socio-economical, and environmental properties, influenza seasons differed significantly between individual German counties and cities, with a clear gradient in incidence and intensity between the Southeast and Northwest. Thus, the transmission of IAV influenced by slight differences in the predominant weather conditions throughout Germany, emphasizing the importance of air temperature and absolute humidity for airborne flu virus transmission.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"703 - 718"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10453-025-09875-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-08-28DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09880-y
Abdul Zul’Adly Mohaimin, Pooja Shivanand, Sarayu Krishnamoorthy, Hussein Taha
{"title":"Report on rice diseases in Brunei Darussalam and their association with airborne fungal spores","authors":"Abdul Zul’Adly Mohaimin, Pooja Shivanand, Sarayu Krishnamoorthy, Hussein Taha","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09880-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09880-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rice diseases in Brunei Darussalam have not been properly documented<i>.</i> Thus, this study compiled all the types of rice diseases that were documented by the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood (DoAA) in Brunei from 1984 until 2021. This study also conducted brief rice disease inspections at the Wasan paddy field in 2022 and 2023 (4.7884° N, 114.8221° E). Bioaerosol samples were collected using a Hirst-type volumetric sampler throughout the growing season of paddy. The most frequently documented rice diseases in Brunei were leaf spot (frequency of detection 23%), grain discolouration (19%), rice blast (17%), and sheath blight (14%). During disease inspections, we found 15 different types of rice diseases observed including bacterial blight, bacterial streak, brown spot, false smut, grain discolouration, leaf scald, leaf spot, narrow brown spot, neck blast, panicle blast, rice blast, sheath blight, sheath rot, stem rot, and tungro virus. We identified 19 paddy pathogens (16 fungi and 3 bacteria) using morphological characterization and metabarcoding analysis in bioaerosol samples, where these pathogens are commonly known to cause certain types of rice diseases, and we found that these pathogens are associated with some of the observed rice diseases. Our findings provide insight into the role of bioaerosols in disease dissemination towards the paddy crop, so that proper disease management can potentially be employed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"787 - 806"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AerobiologiaPub Date : 2025-08-12DOI: 10.1007/s10453-025-09877-7
Tay Ruiz-Gil, Joaquín I. Rilling, Marco Campos, So Fujiyoshi, Fumito Maruyama, Jacquelinne J. Acuña, Milko A. Jorquera
{"title":"Airborne bacterial communities present in particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) samples collected during different seasons in Temuco City in Chile","authors":"Tay Ruiz-Gil, Joaquín I. Rilling, Marco Campos, So Fujiyoshi, Fumito Maruyama, Jacquelinne J. Acuña, Milko A. Jorquera","doi":"10.1007/s10453-025-09877-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10453-025-09877-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Temuco city is one of the most air-polluted cities in South America; therefore, a daily air quality monitoring (AQM) program has been established. Using the AQM samples, we determined and compared the bacterial communities associated with the PM<sub>2.5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub> fractions in different seasons and their correlations with the meteorological parameters. In addition, at different air quality levels (‘Good–Moderate’ [G–M] and ‘Alert–Preemergency’ [A–P]), we determined and compared the bacterial communities in the PM<sub>2.5</sub> fraction, which is highly relevant to public health. A greater bacterial diversity was detected in the PM<sub>2.5</sub> samples than in the PM10 samples, but no statistical differences (<i>p</i> < 0.05) were detected between the PM fractions or seasons. The PM fractions were dominated by Pseudomonadota (53–90%) and Bacteroidota (seven to 30%). In the colder seasons (fall and winter), PM<sub>2.5</sub> bacterial diversity was negatively correlated with precipitation. A negative correlation between bacterial diversity in the PM<sub>2.5</sub> and PM concentrations was also found in fall. For air quality levels, co-occurrence networks presented significantly greater positive relationships and connectivity in A–P than in G–M. Interestingly, <i>Polaribacter</i> in PM<sub>2.5</sub> was an indicator taxon for winter and a hub taxon for G–M; however, <i>Alteromonas</i> was an indicator and hub taxon in the A–P samples. Sea-related taxa were relevant to the bacterial community in the Temuco and AQM samples, with associated functional groups such as heterotrophs involved in carbon and sulfur cycling. Complementing sampling methods and major spatiotemporal studies are still needed to elucidate the variation patterns of airborne bacterial communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7718,"journal":{"name":"Aerobiologia","volume":"41 4","pages":"759 - 776"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145547051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}