Pollen season: new map of South Africa’s allergy hotspots gives you time to prepare

By Trevor Hill, Professor, Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Andriantsilavo Hery Isandratana Razafimanantsoa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UCT Lung Institute, University of Cape Town
Caryn Upton, Medical Research Officer, Division of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Cape Town
Dilys Berman, Lecturer and aerobiologist in the division of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine and UCT Lung Institute, University of Cape Town
Frank Neumann, Professor of Geology, North-West University
Jemma Finch, Associate Professor of Geography and Palaeoecologist, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Jonny Peter, Associate Professor, Unit Head and also serves as Head of the Division of Allergology and Clinical Immunology at Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town
Takudzwa Matuvhunye, Postdoctoral Researcher at the UCT Lung Institute, University of Cape Town

South Africa’s first five-year pollen calendars reveal when allergy seasons hit seven cities, and how sufferers can prepare before symptoms start.

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