Performance Of The Coriolis Air Sampler, A High-volume Aerosol-collection System For Quantification Of Airborne Spores And Pollen Grains

摘要

recovery of pollen grain and fungal spores compared with the volumetric trap standard method (not significantly different, W test, α= 0.05). Nowadays, the French-led project, acronym MONALISA, with financial support from the European Commission— Life-Environment (LIFE05 ENV/F/000068), is testing this innovative air sampler in order to measure the antigenicity/allergenicity of the main aeroallergen particles, i.e. Betula (birch), Poaceae (grasses), Parietaria (pellitory), Oka spp (olive tree), and Artemisia (mugwort) pollen grains, and Alternaria (fungal spores) to validate a new approach of monitoring instead of quantifying pollen grains by their morphology. The robustness and efficiency of the MONALISA system is being demonstrated at a national level throughout Europe in eight different countries with different bio-climatic and topography characteristics: France, UK, Finland, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, and Italy.