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Makra, L., Coviello, L., Gobbi, A., Jurman, G., Furlanello, C., Brunato, M., Ziska, L.H., Hess, J.J., Damialis, A., Garcia, M.P.P., Tusnády, G.. 2024. Forecasting daily total pollen concentrations on a global scale. Allergy, 79(8), pp.2173-2185.

Aerobiology

Ajikah, L.B., Roffe, S.J., Neumann, F.H., Bamford, M.K., Esterhuizen, N., Berman, D., Peter, J.. 2023. Meteorological influences on airborne pollen and spores in Johannesburg (Gauteng), South Africa. Aerobiologia, 39(3), pp.363-388.

Aerobiology

Ajikah, L., Neumann, F.H., Berman, D., Peter, J.. 2020. Aerobiology in South Africa: A new hope!. South African Journal of Science, 116(7-8), pp.1-4.

Aerobiology

Davies, J.M., Berman, D., Beggs, P.J., Ramón, G.D., Peter, J., Katelaris, C.H., Ziska, L.H.. 2021. Global Climate Change and Pollen Aeroallergens: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, 41(1):1-16.

Aerobiology

Esterhuizen, N., Berman, D.M., Neumann, F.H., Ajikah, L., Quick, L.J., Hilmer, E., Van Aardt, A., John, J., Garland, R., Hill, T., Finch, J., Hoek, W., Bamford, M., Seedat, R.Y., Manjra, A.I., Peter, J.. 2023. The South African Pollen Monitoring Network: Insights from 2 years of national aerospora sampling (2019-2021). Clinical and Translational Allergy, 13(11):e12304.

Aerobiology

Gharbi, D., Neumann, F.H., Cilliers, S., Cornelius, S., Viviers, J., Drewes, E., Puren, K., Berman, D., Esterhuizen, N., Ajikah, L., Peter, J.. 2023. Allergenic tree pollen in Johannesburg and Cape Town as a public health risk: towards a sustainable implementation framework for South African cities. Discover Sustainability, 4(1), p.32.

Clinical

Neumann, F.H., Gharbi, D., Ajikah, L., Scott, L., Cilliers, S., Staats, J., Berman, D., Moseri, M.E., Podile, K., Ndlovu, N., Mmatladi, T.. 2025. Ecological and allergenic significance of atmospheric pollen spectra from a Grassland-Savanna ecotone in North West province, South Africa. Palynology, 49(2), p.2411234.

Clinical

Pedretti, S., Sittmann, A., Von Hagen, A., Peter, J.. 2025. Analysis of the multicomponent ALEX array data to examine patterns of sensitization in Cape Town, South Africa. Frontiers in Allergy, 7;6:1572509.

Clinical

Makoni, Munyaradzi. 2020. Pollen Count Data and Respiratory Diseases in South Africa. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, doi:10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30367-2.

Clinical

Gharbi, D., Berman, D., Neumann, F.H., Hill, T., Sidla, S., Cillers, S.S., Staats, J., Esterhuizen, N., Ajikah, L., Moseri, M.E. and Quick, L.J.. 2024. Ambrosia (ragweed) pollen—A growing aeroallergen of concern in South Africa. World Allergy Organization Journal, 17(12), p.101011.

Clinical