Journal of Geography  & Natural Disasters
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Akemi Saito

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• Research Article
  Effect of Climate Change on Fagaceae Airborne Pollen in Japan as Allergic Causative Agent Associated with Food Allergy
  Author(s): Reiko Kishikawa, Toshitaka Yokoyama, Norio Sahashi, Eiko Koto, Chie Oshikawa, Nobuo Soh, Akemi Saito, Tadao Enomoto, Toru Imai, Koji Murayama, Yuma Fukutomi, Masami Taniguchi, Terufumi Shimoda and Tomoaki Iwanaga Reiko Kishikawa, Toshitaka Yokoyama, Norio Sahashi, Eiko Koto, Chie Oshikawa, Nobuo Soh, Akemi Saito, Tadao Enomoto, Toru Imai, Koji Murayama, Yuma Fukutomi, Masami Taniguchi, Terufumi Shimoda and Tomoaki Iwanaga
  
  Rational: It is no exaggeration to say that Japanese allergic people has increased according to the increase of Japanese Cedar (JC) pollinosis since the first case report, 1964. In Japan allergenic conifer airborne pollen counts have been increasing with a concomitant change in the start of pollination as a result of climate change during about 30 years. We also investigated as if Fagaceae pollen counts have been affected on climate change. In Japan patients with Fagaceae pollinosis is not so clear although this vegetation distributed almost all of Japan Island. Fagaceae pollen antigen has cross-reactivity to Betula (birch) pollen antigen observed in north part of Japan. Especially in Hokkaido district, a lot of patients with birch pollen have rhinoconjunctivitis and pollen related food allergy, oral allergy syndrome (OAS). In order to analyze and ameliorate the suffering of those wit.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0587.1000182

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