Abstract
Background
Hundreds of plant species release their pollen into the air every year during early spring. During that period, pollen allergic as well as non‐allergic patients frequently present to doctors with severe respiratory tract infections.
Objective
To assess whether pollen may interfere with antiviral immunity.
Asja Radja [CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
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