Alerta Pólenes

Features Alerta Pólenes

The Aerobiology committee is one of the many scientific committees with which the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology consists.
The main objective of the Committee is to enhance research in the area of ​​aerobiology (study of pollens and fungi found in the air) and polynose (allergic diseases caused by pollens).Although it consists mostly of allergists, it also includes biologists, immunologists, doctors, laboratory technicians and DUE.
It has a NETWORK of collectors (Hirst type) that is formed by more than 23 stations, whose members have been properly trained in the acquisition and recognition of the most important pollen types from an allergological point of view.The committee has been doing pollen counts since 1973, although uninterruptedly and throughout the year since 1978.
The counts are provided through this WEB completely free of charge and without restrictions for all interested persons (professionals or patients) provided that their use not for commercial purposes.The committee is fully open to any member of the SEAIC who is interested in putting a pollen collector in the place where he works, provided it is a geographical area not yet covered.
The Committee conducts basic courses to teach how to perform pollen counts (within the continuing education program in allergology) and advanced courses for those allergists who want to be included in the SEAIC Network of Collectors.
Members who successfully pass these courses automatically enter the NETWORK and their data is distributed along with those of the other members.