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13. Aeropalynological aspects in the detection of the quality of air in Bratislava

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Dušička Jozef, Mičieta Karol, Brutovská Eva, Sámelová Andrea, Ščevková Jana, Zámečníková Mária, and Terenová Alena

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aeropalynology, pollen, abortivity, allergy, ecogenotoxicity, Ecology, QH540-549.5
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This work is focused on mapping the aeropalynologic situation in the Bratislavan atmosphere. Volumetric pollen and pollen abortivity analyses were used for this purpose. The research comprised comparison of two pollen stations in this city between 2007 and 2011. Twice the number of pollen grains was measured at the U.V.Z. station compared to the D.B. station. Results showed that (1) the highest pollen totals for the period were recorded in the Urticaceae family, (2) April was the month with the highest pollen yield, and (3) species of the Urticaceae family had the longest pollen season of all studied taxa. The detected differences may have been due to various factors including; the very different habitats in the vicinity of the stations, slightly different climatic conditions, different evaluation methods and human factors. The ecogenotoxicity and mutagenicity of air at these selected city locations was evaluated and compared, and the effectiveness of our methods were verified by Betula pendula Roth . and Pinus sylvestris L . indicator species.

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2013
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14. Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe

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Damialis, Athanasios, Gilles, Stefanie, Sofiev, Mikhail, Sofieva, Viktoria, Kolek, Franziska, Bayr, Daniela, Plaza, Maria P., Leier-Wirtz, Vivien, Kaschuba, Sigrid, Ziska, Lewis H., Bielory, Leonard, Makra, László, del Mar Trigo, Maria, Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia, Oliver, Gilles, Pham-Thi, Nhân, Thibaudon, Michel, Arino, Arturo H., Belmonte, Jordina, Cervigon Morales, Patricia, De Linares, Concepción, Fernández, Delia, Fernández-Rodriguez, Santiago, Gabaldón Arguisuelas, Antonia, Galán, Carmen, González-Alonso, Mónica, Lara, Beatriz, Moreno Grau, José María, Oteros, José, Pérez-Badia, Rosa, Pérez-De-Zabalza, Anabel, Picornell, Antonio, Recio, Marta, Robles, Estrella, Rodríguez-Fernández, Alberto, Rodríguez-Rajo, F. Javier, Rojo, Jesús, Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis, Bergmann, Karl Christian, Werchan, Barbora, Werchan, Matthias, Buters, Jeroen T.M., Bastl, Maximilian, Dunker, Susanne, Hornick, Thomas, González Roldán, Nestor, Gilge, Stefan, Clot, Bernard, Finemann, Stanley, Ford, Linda, Gomez, Robert Anthony, Kamboj, Sanjay, Wilhelm, Wayne, Beggs, Paul J., Burton, Pamela, Davies, Janet M., Haberle, Simon Graeme, Katelaris, Constance Helen, Keaney, Ben, Milic, Andelija, Miller, Victoria, van Haeften, Shanice, Bonini, Maira, Bordin, Anna, Ceriotti, Valentina, Cristofolini, Fabiana, Cristofori, Antonella, Gottardini, Elena, Marcer, Guido, Marraccini, Paolo, Mascagni, Paolo, Meriggi, Antonio, Pace, Loretta, Pini, Alberto, Tacca, Maria Cristina, Bruffaerts, Nicolas, Hoebeke, Lucie, Adams-Groom, Beverley, Pashley, Catherine H., Satchwell, Jack, Skjøth, Carsten, Symon, Fiona A., Antunes, Celia M., Caeiro, Elsa, Camacho, Irene Gomes Câmara, Costa, Ana R., Deus, Ricardo João Ratola Capela, Ferreira, Manuel Branco, Fonseca, Joao Almeida Lopes, Galveias, Ana, Ribeiro, Helena, Tavares, Beatriz, Grewling, Łukasz, Grinn-Gofroń, Agnieszka, Jurkiewicz, Dariusz, Kalinowska, Ewa, Lipiec, Agnieszka, Myszkowska, Dorota, Piotrowska-Weryszko, Krystyna, Puc, Malgorzata, Rapiejko, Anna, Rapiejko, Piotr, Weryszko-Chmielewska, Elzbieta, Ziemianin, Monika, Berman, Dilys, Hoek, Werner, Manjra, Ahmed Ismail, Peter, Jonathan, Dahl, Åslög, Ekebom, Agneta, Stjepanovic, Barbara, Večenaj, Ana, Celenk, Sevcan, Göksel, Özlem, Göksel, Tuncay, Guvensen, Aykut A., Munevver, Nur, Sackesen, Cansin, Acar Sahin, Aydar, Uguz, Ulas U., Yazici, Duygu, Kajtor-Apatini, Dóra, Magyar, Donat, Szigeti, Tamas, Sikoparija, Branko, Kofol Seliger, Andreja, Simčič, Anja, Charalampopoulos, Athanasios, Vokou, Despoina, Rasmussen, Karen, Barrionuevo, Laura Beatriz, Ramon, German Dario, de Weger, Letty A., Koenders, Mieke M.J.F., van Vliet, Arnold J.H., Dušička, Jozef, Lafférsová, Janka, Šèevkováč, Jana, Rybníček, Ondøej, Coates, Frances, Jurgens, Dawn, Šauliene, Ingrida, Severova, Elena, Rodinkova, Victoria, Bortnyk, Mykyta, Palamarchuk, Olena, Yasniuk, Maryna, Louna-Korteniemi, Maria, Pätsi, Sanna, Saarto, Annika, Toiviainen, Linnea, Sozinova, Olga, Jia, Peng, other, and, Damialis, Athanasios, Gilles, Stefanie, Sofiev, Mikhail, Sofieva, Viktoria, Kolek, Franziska, Bayr, Daniela, Plaza, Maria P., Leier-Wirtz, Vivien, Kaschuba, Sigrid, Ziska, Lewis H., Bielory, Leonard, Makra, László, del Mar Trigo, Maria, Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia, Oliver, Gilles, Pham-Thi, Nhân, Thibaudon, Michel, Arino, Arturo H., Belmonte, Jordina, Cervigon Morales, Patricia, De Linares, Concepción, Fernández, Delia, Fernández-Rodriguez, Santiago, Gabaldón Arguisuelas, Antonia, Galán, Carmen, González-Alonso, Mónica, Lara, Beatriz, Moreno Grau, José María, Oteros, José, Pérez-Badia, Rosa, Pérez-De-Zabalza, Anabel, Picornell, Antonio, Recio, Marta, Robles, Estrella, Rodríguez-Fernández, Alberto, Rodríguez-Rajo, F. Javier, Rojo, Jesús, Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis, Bergmann, Karl Christian, Werchan, Barbora, Werchan, Matthias, Buters, Jeroen T.M., Bastl, Maximilian, Dunker, Susanne, Hornick, Thomas, González Roldán, Nestor, Gilge, Stefan, Clot, Bernard, Finemann, Stanley, Ford, Linda, Gomez, Robert Anthony, Kamboj, Sanjay, Wilhelm, Wayne, Beggs, Paul J., Burton, Pamela, Davies, Janet M., Haberle, Simon Graeme, Katelaris, Constance Helen, Keaney, Ben, Milic, Andelija, Miller, Victoria, van Haeften, Shanice, Bonini, Maira, Bordin, Anna, Ceriotti, Valentina, Cristofolini, Fabiana, Cristofori, Antonella, Gottardini, Elena, Marcer, Guido, Marraccini, Paolo, Mascagni, Paolo, Meriggi, Antonio, Pace, Loretta, Pini, Alberto, Tacca, Maria Cristina, Bruffaerts, Nicolas, Hoebeke, Lucie, Adams-Groom, Beverley, Pashley, Catherine H., Satchwell, Jack, Skjøth, Carsten, Symon, Fiona A., Antunes, Celia M., Caeiro, Elsa, Camacho, Irene Gomes Câmara, Costa, Ana R., Deus, Ricardo João Ratola Capela, Ferreira, Manuel Branco, Fonseca, Joao Almeida Lopes, Galveias, Ana, Ribeiro, Helena, Tavares, Beatriz, Grewling, Łukasz, Grinn-Gofroń, Agnieszka, Jurkiewicz, Dariusz, Kalinowska, Ewa, Lipiec, Agnieszka, Myszkowska, Dorota, Piotrowska-Weryszko, Krystyna, Puc, Malgorzata, Rapiejko, Anna, Rapiejko, Piotr, Weryszko-Chmielewska, Elzbieta, Ziemianin, Monika, Berman, Dilys, Hoek, Werner, Manjra, Ahmed Ismail, Peter, Jonathan, Dahl, Åslög, Ekebom, Agneta, Stjepanovic, Barbara, Večenaj, Ana, Celenk, Sevcan, Göksel, Özlem, Göksel, Tuncay, Guvensen, Aykut A., Munevver, Nur, Sackesen, Cansin, Acar Sahin, Aydar, Uguz, Ulas U., Yazici, Duygu, Kajtor-Apatini, Dóra, Magyar, Donat, Szigeti, Tamas, Sikoparija, Branko, Kofol Seliger, Andreja, Simčič, Anja, Charalampopoulos, Athanasios, Vokou, Despoina, Rasmussen, Karen, Barrionuevo, Laura Beatriz, Ramon, German Dario, de Weger, Letty A., Koenders, Mieke M.J.F., van Vliet, Arnold J.H., Dušička, Jozef, Lafférsová, Janka, Šèevkováč, Jana, Rybníček, Ondøej, Coates, Frances, Jurgens, Dawn, Šauliene, Ingrida, Severova, Elena, Rodinkova, Victoria, Bortnyk, Mykyta, Palamarchuk, Olena, Yasniuk, Maryna, Louna-Korteniemi, Maria, Pätsi, Sanna, Saarto, Annika, Toiviainen, Linnea, Sozinova, Olga, Jia, Peng, and other, and

Abstract

Pollen exposure weakens the immunity against certain seasonal respiratory viruses by diminishing the antiviral interferon response. Here we investigate whether the same applies to the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is sensitive to antiviral interferons, if infection waves coincide with high airborne pollen concentrations. Our original hypothesis was that more airborne pollen would lead to increases in infection rates. To examine this, we performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal data analysis on SARS-CoV-2 infection, airborne pollen, and meteorological factors. Our dataset is the most comprehensive, largest possible worldwide from 130 stations, across 31 countries and five continents. To explicitly investigate the effects of social contact, we additionally considered population density of each study area, as well as lockdown effects, in all possible combinations: without any lockdown, with mixed lockdown−no lockdown regime, and under complete lockdown. We found that airborne pollen, sometimes in synergy with humidity and temperature, explained, on average, 44% of the infection rate variability. Infection rates increased after higher pollen concentrations most frequently during the four previous days. Without lockdown, an increase of pollen abundance by 100 pollen/m3 resulted in a 4% average increase of infection rates. Lockdown halved infection rates under similar pollen concentrations. As there can be no preventive measures against airborne pollen exposure, we suggest wide dissemination of pollen−virus coexposure dire effect information to encourage high-risk individuals to wear particle filter masks during high springtime pollen concentrations.

Published
2021

21. Expansion and aerobiology of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. in Slovakia.

Author

Hrabovský, Michal, Ščevková, Jana, Mičieta, Karol, Lafférsová, Janka, and Dušička, Jozef

Abstract

Introduction and objective. The invasive alien species Ambrosia artemisiifolia cause environmental, agronomical and medical problems in many regions of the world, including Slovakia. The purpose of this study was to survey the spread and distribution of this species in Slovakia and to analyse its airborne pollen pattern. Materials and methods. To evaluate the spatiotemporal dynamics of Ambrosia invasion in the territory of Slovakia, herbarium specimens, published databases and field investigations were considered. Aerobiological sampling was based on the analysis of pollen records at five aerobiological stations in Slovakia. For Bratislava and Banská Bystrica Monitoring stations, trends in Ambrosia pollen seasons were determined using Mann-Kendall test and Sen's slope estimator. Results. Since the first record of A. artemisiifolia in Slovakia, the number of its colonies and its spread rate has increased considerably, and the colonisation of this species has been successful mainly in the south-western part of the country. Highest airborne pollen counts were recorded in Nitra, Trnava and Bratislava Monitoring Stations situated in the areas most infested by A. artemisiifolia in Slovakia. However, high pollen counts were also noted in Banská Bystrica and Košice Monitoring Stations situated in areas where the source species was less abundant. During the study period, the number of days on which the pollen concentration exceeded the threshold of sensitivity increased significantly (+1.33 days/year) in Banská Bystrica, whereas the peak value decreased significantly (-13.37 pollen/year) in Bratislava. Conclusion. The number of the populations of A. artemisiifolia has increased considerably in recent years. Besides the most infested areas, high airborne pollen counts were also recorded in territories where the plant species was less abundant. During the study period, the intensity of Ambrosia pollen seasons decreased in Bratislava, probably due to changes in land-use practices, while the increasing trend in the pollen seasons intensity in Banská Bystrica mainly reflects the situation in the ragweed-infested remote areas due to long-range pollen transport. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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22. Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe

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Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Mikhail Sofiev, Jonathan Peter, Elsa Caeiro, AYDAN ACAR ŞAHİN, Olga Sozinova, Agnieszka Lipiec, Jordina Belmonte, Beatriz Lara, Bernard Alain Clot, Mykyta Bortnyk, Rosa Pérez-Badia, Celia Antunes, Ana Galveias, Dorota Myszkowska, Annika Saarto, Maria P. Plaza, Barbora Werchan, Dariusz Jurkiewicz, Loretta Giuseppina PACE, Ana Rodrigues Costa, Monica González-Alonso, José Moreno, Thomas Hornick, Franziska Kolek, Elena Gottardini, Arnold Van Vliet, Branko Sikoparija, Arturo H. Ariño, Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko, Tamás Szigeti, Athanasios Damialis, Paul Beggs, Helena Ribeiro, Antonio Picornell Rodríguez, Beatriz Tavares, Andrzej Wieczorkiewicz, Ozlem GOKSEL, Victoria Rodinkova, Piotr Rapiejko, Ewa Kalinowska, Catherine Pashley, PAOLO MASCAGNI, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Anna Rapiejko, Stefanie Gilles-Stein, Oliver, Gilles, Pham-Thi, Nhân, Thibaudon, Michel, Arino, Arturo H., Belmonte, Jordina, Cervigon Morales, Patricia, De Linares, Concepción, Fernández, Delia, FernándezRodriguez, Santiago, Gabaldón Arguisuelas, Antonia, Galán, Carmen, González-Alonso, Mónica, Lara, Beatriz, Moreno Grau, José María, Oteros, Jose, Pérez-Badia, Rosa, Pérez-de-Zabalza, Anabel, Picornell, Antonio, Recio, Marta, Robles, Estrella, RodríguezFernández, Alberto, Rodríguez-Rajo, F. Javier, Rojo, Jesús, Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis, Karl-Christian, Bergmann, Werchan, Barbora, Werchan, Matthias, Buters, Jeroen T. M., Bastl, Maximilian, Dunker, Susanne, Hornick, Thomas, González Roldán, Nestor, Gilge, Stefan, Clot, Bernard, Finemann, Stanley, Ford, Linda, Gomez, Robert Anthony, Kamboj, Sanjay, Wilhelm, Wayne, Beggs, Paul J., Burton, Pamela, Davies, Janet M., Haberle, Simon Graeme, Katelaris, Constance Helen, Keaney, Ben, Milic, Andelija, Miller, Victoria, van Haeften, Shanice, Bonini, Maira, Bordin, Anna, Ceriotti, Valentina, Cristofolini, Fabiana, Cristofori, Antonella, Gottardini, Elena, Marcer, Guido, Marraccini, Paolo, Meriggi, Antonio, Mascagni, Paolo, Pace, Loretta, Tacca, Maria Cristina, Pini, Alberto, Bruffaerts, Nicolas, Hoebeke, Lucie, Adams-Groom, Beverley, Pashley, Catherine H., Satchwell, Jack, Skjøth, Carsten, Symon, Fiona A., Antunes, Celia M., Caeiro, Elsa, Camacho, Irene Gomes Câmara, Costa, Ana R., Deus, Ricardo João Ratola Capela, Ferreira, Manuel Branco, Fonseca, Joao Almeida Lopes, Galveias, Ana, Ribeiro, Helena, Tavares, Beatriz, Grewling, Łukasz, Grinn-Gofroń, Agnieszka, Jurkiewicz, Dariusz, Kalinowska, Ewa, Lipiec, Agnieszka, Myszkowska, Dorota, PiotrowskaWeryszko, Krystyna, Puc, Malgorzata, Rapiejko, Anna, Rapiejko, Piotr, WeryszkoChmielewska, Elżbieta, Ziemianin, Monika, Berman, Dilys, Hoek, Werner, Manjra, Ahmed Ismail, Peter, Jonathan, Dahl, Åslög, Ekebom, Agneta, Stjepanovic, Barbara, Večena, Ana, Celenk, Sevcan, Göksel, Özlem, Göksel, Tuncay, Guvensen, Aykut, Sackesen, Cansin, Pinar, Nur Munevver, Acar Sahin, Aydar, Uguz U, Ulas, Yazici, Duygu, Kajtor-Apatini, Dóra, Magyar, Donát, Szigeti, Tamás, Sikoparija, Branko, Kofol Seliger, Andreja, Simčič, Anja, Oh, Jae, Charalampopoulos, Athanasios, Vokou, Despoina, Rasmussen, Karen, Barrionuevo, Laura Beatriz, Ramon, German Dario, de Weger, Letty A., Koenders, Mieke M.J.F., van Vliet, Arnold J.H., Dušička, Jozef, Lafférsová, Janka, Ščevková, Jana, Coates, Frances, Jurgens, Dawn, Rybníček, Ondřej, Šaulienė, Ingrida, Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia, Severova, Elena, Rodinkova, Victoria, Palamarchuk, Olena, Bortnyk, Mykyta, Yasniuk, Maryna, Louna-Korteniemi, Maria, Pätsi, Sanna, Saarto, Annika, Toiviainen, Linnea, Sozinova, Olga, and Jia, Peng

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0301 basic medicine, virus strain, Veterinary medicine, Internationality, retrospective study, environmental exposure, adverse event, Aerobiology, Settore BIO/03 - BOTANICA AMBIENTALE E APPLICATA, Q1, medicine.disease_cause, Population density, geography, lockdown, 0302 clinical medicine, environmental factor, COVID-19 | pollen | viral infection | aerobiology, COVID-19, Geography, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Pollen, SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19, Viral Infection, 030212 general & internal medicine, airborne particle, Multidisciplinary, international cooperation, longitudinal study, food and beverages, particle size, Biological Sciences, ddc, virology, Milieusysteemanalyse, environmental temperature, epidemiology, medicine.medical_specialty, Social contact, Longitudinal data, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), meteorological phenomena, infection rate, pollen, viral infection, aerobiology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, coronavirus disease 2019, geographic distribution, medicine, otorhinolaryngologic diseases, cross-sectional study, human, ddc:610, population density, WIMEK, nonhuman, Wear particle, infection prevention, Infection rate, Environmental Systems Analysis, 030104 developmental biology, Viral infection, time series analysis, physiology, Environmental Sciences
Abstract

Pollen exposure weakens the immunity against certain seasonal respiratory viruses by diminishing the antiviral interferon response. Here we investigate whether the same applies to the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is sensitive to antiviral interferons, if infection waves coincide with high airborne pollen concentrations. Our original hypothesis was that more airborne pollen would lead to increases in infection rates. To examine this, we performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal data analysis on SARS-CoV-2 infection, airborne pollen, and meteorological factors. Our dataset is the most comprehensive, largest possible worldwide from 130 stations, across 31 countries and five continents. To explicitly investigate the effects of social contact, we additionally considered population density of each study area, as well as lockdown effects, in all possible combinations: without any lockdown, with mixed lockdown?no lockdown regime, and under complete lockdown. We found that airborne pollen, sometimes in synergy with humidity and temperature, explained, on average, 44% of the infection rate variability. Infection rates increased after higher pollen concentrations most frequently during the four previous days. Without lockdown, an increase of pollen abundance by 100 pollen/m3 resulted in a 4% average increase of infection rates. Lockdown halved infection rates under similar pollen concentrations. As there can be no preventive measures against airborne pollen exposure, we suggest wide dissemination of pollen?virus coexposure dire effect information to encourage high-risk individuals to wear particle filter masks during high springtime pollen concentrations. © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved., 1.1.1.2/VIAA/2/18/283; European Cooperation in Science and Technology, COST: CA18226; Academy of Finland, AKA: 318194, PS4A; Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, MECD: FPU15/01668; Department of the Environment, Australian Government; Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba; Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja, MPNTR: 451-03-68/2020-14/200358; European Social Fund, ESF: 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0066; Helmholtz Association; Christine Kühne – Center for Allergy Research and Education, CK-CARE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We thank Mr. Luis-Leopold Moelter and Mr. Mehmet Gökkaya for assistance in overall data curation. The study was partly implemented in the frame of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU-COST) program, "New approaches in detection of pathogens and aeroallergens (ADOPT)," Grant CA18226 (EU Framework Program Horizon 2020). D.B. and C.T.-H. were supported by the Helmholtz Climate Initiative (HI-CAM), Mitigation and Adaptation. A.Ch. and D.V. were supported by the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece (Directorate for the Management of the Urban Environment, Department of Environment). This research has been partly supported by the European Social Fund (Project 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0066) under grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT). The study was also partly conducted within the frame of the project of the European Community European Regional Development Fund (EC ERDF) and PostDoc Latvia (Grant 1.1.1.2/VIAA/2/18/283). M.S. acknowledges the Academy of Finland (Project PS4A, Grant 318194). We thank the Department of Health and Rehabilitation of Vinnytsia Regional Council, Ukraine, for providing the numbers of COVID-19 cases. A.H.A. acknowledges Angel Chaves and the Government of Navarra: Institute of Public and Labor Health of Navarra, within LIFE-IP NAdatpa-CC (LIFE16 IPC/ES/000001). A.P. was supported by a predoctoral grant financed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain, in the Program for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability (Grant FPU15/01668). B.S. acknowledges the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Grant 451-03-68/2020-14/200358). C.T.H. acknowledges the Christine Kühne–Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), and The Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association (Immunology & Inflammation). We thank Jan Bumberger, Marcus Karsten, Paul Remmler, Jan C. Simon, and Regina Treudler for data provision and curation from Leipzig, Germany. We thank Claudia Langford Brown and Dana Flanders for statistical advice and scientific discussions. We thank Penelope Jones, Edith Bucher, Reyhan Gumusburun, Haydar Soydaner Karakus, Su Ozgur, and Asli Tetik Vardarli for data curation.

Published
2021

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