Molecular diagnosis of allergy and microarray technology have opened a completely new avenue of insight into sensitization profiles from both the clinical and the epidemiological point of view. We used this innovative tool in the description of sensitization patterns in pollen-sensitized patients in Middle Europe. Immunoglobulin E detection using 112 different allergenic molecules was carried o...

Long-branch attraction (LBA) is a major obstacle in phylogenetic reconstruction. The phylogenetic relationships among Juniperus (J), Cupressus (C) and the Hesperocyparis-Callitropsis-Xanthocyparis (HCX) subclades of Cupressoideae are controversial. Our initial analyses of plastid protein-coding gene matrix revealed both J and C with much longer stem branches than those of HCX, so their sister r...

We measured linkage disequilibrium in mostly noncoding regions of Cryptomeria japonica, a conifer belonging to Cupressaceae. Linkage disequilibrium was extensive and did not decay even at a distance of 100 kb. The average estimate of the population recombination rate per base pair was 1.55 × 10(-5) and was <1/70 of that in the coding regions. We discuss the impact of low recombination rates in ...

In this paper, three new Phyllocoptini eriophyoid mite species from Yunnan Province, China are described and illustrated: Proiectus rodgeseta sp. nov. on Pinus armandii Franch. (Pinaceae), Proiectus granularpro sp. nov. on Pinus tabuliformis Carr. (Pinaceae) and Phyllocoptrutajuniperiana sp. nov. on Juniperus chinensis Linn. (Cupressaceae). All are vagrants causing no apparent damage to their h...

Essential oils have insecticidal activity against several insects and are composed of numerous compounds. This study investigated the effects Thuja occidentalis L. (Cupressaceae) essential oil, terpinyl acetate, bornyl acetate peach aphid [Myzus persicae (Sulzer)]. The effect on three Cupressaceae plants was highest in T. occidentalis. oil extracted by steam distillation, optimum conditions wer...

Immunology, Phd In Science, Private Practice, Mexico City, Mexico. Background: The pollen dispersal by wind is a natural event of great biological significance and an etiological factor in the genesis of allergic respiratory diseases. This is the first such study carried out in the city of Toluca, Mexico. Objective: To present the data of collected pollen from September 2004 to September 2005. ...

Immunology, Phd In Science, Private Practice, Mexico City, Mexico. Background: The pollen dispersal by wind is a natural event of great biological significance and an etiological factor in the genesis of allergic respiratory diseases. This is the first such study carried out in the city of Toluca, Mexico. Objective: To present the data of collected pollen from September 2004 to September 2005. ...

The airborne indoor pollen in a hospital of Badajoz (Spain) was monitored over two years using a personal Burkard sampler. The air was sampled in four places indoors-one closed room and one open ward on each of the ground and the third floors-and one place outdoors at the entrance to the hospital. The results were compared with data from a continuous volumetric sampler. While 32 pollen types we...