Schistosome Group Prague

PDF files of our papers available on request. Older papers see here: 1990-1999

2010

Horak P., Schets F. M., Kolarova L., Brant S. V. (2010): Trichobilharzia. In: Molecular Detection of Human Parasitic Pathogens (D. Liu, Ed.). Taylor and Francis, USA (in press).

Kolarova L., Horak P., Skirnisson K. (2010): Methodical approaches in the identification of areas with a potential risk of infection by bird schistosomes causing cercarial dermatitis. Journal of Helminthology 84, (in press).

2009

Skirnisson K., Aldhoun J. A., Kolarova L. (2009): A review on swimmer’s itch and the occurrence of bird schistosomes in Iceland. Journal of Helminthology 83, 165–171. DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09336408

Aldhoun J. A., Faltynkova A., Karvonen A., Horak P. (2009): Schistosomes in the North: a unique finding from a prosobranch snail using molecular tools. Parasitology International 58: 314-317. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.03.007

Kasny M., Mikes L., Hampl V., Dvorak J., Caffrey C. R., Dalton J. P., Horak P. (2009): Peptidases of trematodes. Advances in Parasitology 69: 205-297. DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(09)69004-7

Aldhoun J. A., Kolarova L., Horak P., Skirnisson K. (2009): Bird schistosome diversity in Iceland: molecular evidence. Journal of Helminthology 83: 173–180. DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09289371

Chanova M., Bulantova J., Maslo P., Horak P. (2009): In vitro cultivation of early schistosomula of nasal and visceral bird schistosomes (Trichobilharzia spp., Schistosomatidae). Parasitology Research 104: 1445-1452. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1343-y

Doleckova K., Kasny M., Mikes L., Cartwright J., Jedelsky P., Schneider E. L., Dvorak J., Mountford A. P., Craik C. S., Horak P. (2009): The functional expression and characterization of a cysteine peptidase from the invasive stage of the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 201-211. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.06.010

Podhorsky M., Huzova Z., Mikes L., Horak P. (2009): Cercarial dimensions and surface structures as a tool for species determination of Trichobilharzia spp. Acta Parasitologica 54: 28-36. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0011-9

2008

Lichtenbergova L., Kolbekova P., Kourilova P., Kasny M., Mikes L., Haas H., Schramm G., Horak P., Kolarova L., Mountford A. P. (2008): Antibody responses induced by Trichobilharzia regenti antigens in murine and human hosts exhibiting cercarial dermatitis. Parasite Immunology 30: 585-595. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.01059.x [IF=2.523]

Jouet D., Ferte H., Depaquit J., Rudolfova J., Latour P., Zanella D., Kaltenbach M. L., Leger N. (2008): Trichobilharzia spp. in natural conditions in Annecy lake, France. Parasitology Research 103: 51-58. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0926-3 [IF=1.473]

Horak P., Mikes L., Rudolfova J., Kolarova L. (2008): Penetration of Trichobilharzia cercariae into mammals: dangerous or negligible event? Parasite 15: 299-303. [IF=0.736]

2007

Kasny M., Mikes L., Dalton J. P., Mountford A. P., Horak P. (2007): Comparison of cysteine peptidase activities in Trichobilharzia regenti and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae. Parasitology 134: 1599-1609. [IF=2.081]

Doleckova K., Kasny M., Mikes L., Mutapi F., Stack C., Mountford A. P., Horak P. (2007): Peptidases of Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) and its molluscan host Radix peregra s. lat. (Lymnaeidae): construction and screening of cDNA library from intramolluscan stages of the parasite. Folia Parasitologica 54: 94-98. [IF=1.000]

Chanova M., Horak P. (2007): Terminal phase of bird schistosomiasis caused by Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) in ducks (Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica). Folia Parasitologica 54: 105-107. [IF=1.000]

Novobilsky A., Kasny M., Mikes L., Kovarcik K., Koudela B. (2007): Humoral immune responses during experimental infection with Fascioloides magna and Fasciola hepatica in goats and comparison of their excretory/secretory products. Parasitology Research 101: 357-364. [IF=1.512]

Rudolfova J., Littlewood D. T. J., Sitko J., Horak P. (2007): Bird schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic and Poland. Folia Parasitologica 54: 88-93. [IF=1.000]

Webster B. L., Rudolfova J., Horak P., Littlewood D. T. J. (2007): The complete mitochondrial genome of the bird schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti (Platyhelminthes: Digenea), causative agent of cercarial dermatitis. Journal of Parasitology 93: 553–561. [IF=1.129]

Chanova M., Vuong S., Horak P. (2007): Trichobilharzia szidati: the lung phase of migration within avian and mammalian hosts. Parasitology Research 100: 1243-1247. [IF=1.512]

2006

Bayssade-Dufour C., Jouet D., Rudolfova J., Horak P., Ferte H. (2006): Seasonal morphological variations in bird schistosomes. Parasite 13: 205-214. [IF=0.523]

Kolarova L., Rudolfova J., Hampl V., Skirnisson K. (2006): Allobilharzia visceralis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Schistosomatidae - Trematoda) from Cygnus cygnus (L.) (Anatidae). Parasitology International 55: 179-186. [IF=1.500]

Rudolfova J., Sitko J., Horak P. (2006): Unusual finding of Trichobilharzia sp. in Motacilla alba in the Czech Republic. Journal of Helminthology 80: 83-85. [IF=0.779]

2005

Horak P., Kolarova L. (2005): Molluscan and vertebrate immune responses to bird schistosomes. Parasite Immunology 27: 247-255. [IF=1.445]

Horak P. (2005): New trends in the research of bird schistosomes. In: IX European Multicolloquium of Parasitology - Multidisciplinary for Parasites, Vectors and Parasitic Diseases (Valencia, Spain, July 18-23, 2004), Vol. 1: Articles of Keynote Speakers (Mas-Coma S., ed.), Medimond S.r.l. - Monduzzi Editore International Proceedings Division, Bologna, Italy, p. 151-157 (ISBN: 88-7587-143-4).

Blazova K., Horak P. (2005): Trichobilharzia regenti: The developmental differences in natural and abnormal hosts. Parasitology International 54: 167-172. [IF=1.280]

Mikes L., Zidkova L., Kasny M., Dvorak J., Horak P. (2005): In vitro stimulation of penetration gland emptying by Trichobilharzia szidati and T. regenti (Schistosomatidae) cercariae. Quantitative collection and partial characterization of the products. Parasitology Research 96: 230-241. [IF=1.226]

Dvorak J., Delcroix M., Rossi A., Vopalensky V., Pospisek M., Sedinova M., Mikes L., Sajid M., Sali A., McKerrow J. H., Horak P., Caffrey C. R. (2005): Multiple cathepsin B isoforms in schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti: identification, characterization and putative role in migration and nutrition. International Journal for Parasitology 35: 895-910. [IF=3.346]

Rudolfova J., Hampl V., Bayssade-Dufour C., Lockyer A. E., Littlewood D. T. J., Horak P. (2005): Validity reassessment of Trichobilharzia species using Lymnaea stagnalis as the intermediate host. Parasitology Research 95: 79-89. [IF=1.226]

2004

Kolarova L., Horak P. (2004): Bird schistosomes: New causative agent of the CNS injuries? In: Focus on Meningitis Research (Strong P. V., ed.), Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, p. 247-262 (ISBN: 1-59033-944-4).

Van Bolhuis G. H., Rijks J. M., Dorrestein G. M., Rudolfova J., Van Dijk M. and Kuiken T. (2004): Obliterative endophlebitis in mute swans (Cygnus olor) caused by Trichobilharzia sp. (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) infection. Veterinary Pathology 41: 658-665. [IF=1.194]

Schabussova I., Koubkova B., Gelnar M., Schabuss M., Horak P. (2004): Surface carbohydrates of Eudiplozoon nipponicum pre- and post-fusion. Journal of Helminthology 78: 63-68. [IF=0.676]

2003

Mikes L., Man P. (2003): Purification and characterization of a saccharide-binding protein from penetration glands of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum - a bifunctional molecule with cysteine protease activity. Parasitology 127: 69-77. [IF=1.821]

Bargues M. D., Horak P., Patzner R. A., Pointier J. P., Jackiewicz M., Meier-Brook C., Mas-Coma S. (2003): Insights into the relationships of Palaearctic and Nearctic lymnaeids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by rDNA ITS-2 sequencing and phylogeny of stagnicoline intermediate host species of Fasciola hepatica. Parasite 10: 243-255. [IF=0.488]

Lockyer, A.E., Olson, P.D., Ostergaard, P., Rollinson, D., Johnston, D.A., Attwood, S.W., Southgate, V.R., Horak, P., Snyder, S.D., Le, T.H., Agatsuma, T., McManus, D., Carmichael, A.C., Naem, S., Littlewood, D.T.J. (2003): The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858. Parasitology 126: 203-224. [IF=1.821]

Schabussova I., Schabuss M., Gelnar M., Horak P. (2003): Use of lectins in characterizing developmentally regulated changes on the surface of Paradiplozoon megan (Monogenea: Diplozoidae). Helminthologia 40: 135-140. [IF=0.474]

2002

Horak P., Kolarova L., Adema C.M. (2002): Biology of the schistosome genus Trichobilharzia. Advances in Parasitology 52: 155-233. [IF=4.818]

Hradkova K., Horak P. (2002): Neurotropic behaviour of Trichobilharzia regenti in ducks and mice. Journal of Helminthology 76: 137-141. [IF=0.796]

Rudolfova J., Sitko J., Horak P. (2002): Nasal schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic. Parasitology Research 88: 1093-1095. [IF=1.046]

Dvorak J., Vanacova S., Hampl V., Flegr J., Horak P. (2002): Comparison of European Trichobilharzia species based on ITS1 and ITS2 sequences. Parasitology 124: 307-313. [IF=1.828]

2001

Horak P., Kolarova L. (2001): Bird schistosomes - do they die in mammalian skin? Trends in Parasitology 17, 66-69. [IF=6.134]

Kolarova L., Horak P., Cada F. (2001): Histopathology of CNS and nasal infections caused by Trichobilharzia regenti in vertebrates. Parasitology Research 87: 644-650. [IF=1.025]

Mikes L., Horak P. (2001): A protein with lectin activity in penetration glands of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum cercariae. International Journal for Parasitology 31: 245-252. [IF=2.814]

Bargues M. D., Vigo M., Horak P., Dvorak J., Patzner R. A., Pointier J. P., Jackiewicz M., Meier-Brook C., Mas-Coma S. 2001): European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 1: 85-107.

Spakulova M., Horak P., Dvorak J. (2001): The karyotype of Trichobilharzia regenti Horak, Kolarova et Dvorak, 1998 (Digenea: Schistosomatidae), a nasal avian schistosome in Central Europe. Parasitology Research 87: 479-483. [IF=1.025]

2000

Horak P., Kolarova L. (2000): Survival of bird schistosomes in mammalian lungs. International Journal for Parasitology 30: 65-68. [IF=2.516]