Hubalek Zdenek

Prof. Dr. Zdenek Hubalek has been studying ecology and taxonomy of arthropod-borne viruses and bacteria pathogenic to humans since 1974. Professor in microbiology at Masaryk University in Brno. Member of the WHO Europe expert groups "Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health" (cCASHh project, 2001-04) and "Public Health Significance of Urban Pests" (2004-06). Member of the working group "Environmental change and infectious diseases" (ECDC, 2007). He has been involved in the FP6 project EDEN (2005-10), and ECDC tender "V-borne" (2007-08: mosquito-borne viruses; tick-borne viruses; tularaemia). A total of 184 ISI WoS listed publications, 2090 citations, h value of 22 (complete bibliography at http://publicationslist.org/zdenek.hubalek).

Bibliography:

Bárdoš V., Ryba J., Hubálek Z. (1975): Isolation of Ťahyňa virus from field-collected Culiseta annulata (Schrk.) larvae. Acta Virol. 19: 446.

Bárdoš V., Medek M., Kania V., Hubálek Z. (1975): Isolation of Ťahyňa virus from the blood of sick children. Acta Virol. 19: 447.

Rödl P., Bárdoš V., Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z. (1977): Experimental infection of foxes with Ťahyňa virus. Folia Parasitol. 24: 373-376.

Bárdoš V., Hubálek Z., Mittermayer T. (1977): Bhanja virus serological survey in Czechoslovakia. Folia Parasitol. 24: 381.

Pavlov P., Rosický B., Hubálek Z., Daniel M., Bárdoš V., Minář J., Juřicová Z. (1978): Isolation of Bhanja virus from ticks of the genus Haemaphysalis in southeast Bulgaria and presence of antibodies in pastured sheep. Folia Parasitol. 25: 67-73.

Bárdoš V., Ryba J., Hubálek Z., Olejníček J. (1978): Virological examination of mosquito larvae from southern Moravia. Folia Parasitol. 25: 75-78.

Rödl P., Bárdoš V., Hubálek Z. (1978): Experimental infection of Putorius eversmanni pole-cats and Martes foina martens with Ťahyňa virus. Acta Virol. 22: 502-505.

Hubálek Z., Chanas A.C., Johnson B.K., Simpson D.I.H. (1979): Cross-neutralization study of seven California group (Bunyaviridae) strains in homoiothermous (PS) and poikilothermous (XTC-2) vertebrate cells. J. Gen. Virol. 42: 357-362.

Chanas A.C., Hubálek Z., Johnson B.K., Simpson D.I.H. (1979): A comparative study of O'nyong nyong virus with Chikungunya virus and plaque variants. Arch. Virol. 59: 231-238.

Hubálek Z., Chanas A.C., Johnson B.K., Simpson D.I.H. (1979): Comparative susceptibility of PS cells, XTC-2 cells and suckling mice to infection with California group arboviruses (Bunyaviridae). Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73: 586-588.

Bárdoš V., Medek M., Kania V., Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z. (1980): Das klinische Bild der Ťahyňa-Virus (California-Gruppe) -Infektionen bei Kindern. Pädiat. Grenzgeb. 19: 11-23.

Hubálek Z. (1980): Effects of sex and dose of inoculum on the antibody response of mice to Ťahyňa virus (Bunyaviridae). Acta Virol. 24: 358-362.

Hubálek Z., Rödl P. (1980): Experimental infection of wild birds with Bhanja virus. "New Aspects in Ecology of Arboviruses" (ed. M. Labuda, C.H. Calisher), Bratislava: 361-369.

Hubálek Z., Rödl P. (1981): Experimental infection of rabbit with Bhanja virus. Folia Parasitol. 28: 93-96.

Hubálek Z., Bárdoš V. (1981): Ťahyňa virus infection in mice immunosuppressed with cyclophosphamide. Acta Virol. 25: 334.

Hubálek Z., Bárdoš V. (1981): Effect of cyclophosphamide on the infection of mice with Ťahyňa virus. Zbl. Bakt. I. Orig. A 251: 145-151.

Hubálek Z., Černý V., Rödl P. (1982): Possible role of birds and ticks in the dissemination of Bhanja virus. Folia Parasitol. 29: 85-95.

Hubálek Z., Bárdoš V., Mittermayer T., Kuhn I. (1982): Detection of human Bhanja virus-specific antibodies in Czechoslovakia. J. Hyg. Epidem. 26: 181-186.

Juřicová Z., Hubálek Z., Příkazský Z. (1983): A nonspecific inhibitor of haemagglutination by Ťahyňa virus in acetone-extracted mouse sera and its removal. Zbl. Bakt. I. Orig. A 254: 26-33.

Bárdoš V., Sixl W., Wisidagama C. L., Halouzka J., Stünzner D., Hubálek Z., Withalm H. (1983): Prevalence of arbovirus antibodies in sera of animals in Sri Lanka. Bull. WHO 61: 987-990.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z. (1984): A serological survey for Bhanja virus in Czechoslovakia. Zbl. Bakt. A 258: 540-543.

Mádr V., Hubálek Z., Zendulková D. (1984): Experimental infection of sheep with Bhanja virus. Folia Parasitol. 31: 79-84.

Hubálek Z., Rödl P., Juřicová Z. (1984): Experimental infection of hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) with Bhanja virus. Folia Parasitol. 31: 189-190.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J. (1985): Numerical comparative serology of the Bhanja antigenic group (Bunyaviridae). Arch. Virol. 84: 175-180.

Hubálek Z., Mitterpák J., Prokopič J., Juřicová Z., Kilík J. (1985): A serological survey for Bhanja and tick-borne encephalitis viruses in sheep of eastern Slovakia. Folia Parasitol. 32: 279-283.

Hubálek Z., Černý V., Mittermayer T., Kilík J., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Kuhn I., Bárdoš V. (1986); Arbovirological survey in Silica plateau area, Rožňava district, Czechoslovakia. J. Hyg. Epidem. 30: 87-98.

Juřicová Z., Mitterpák J., Prokopič J., Hubálek Z. (1986): Circulation of mosquito-borne viruses in large breeding farms of sheep in eastern Slovakia. Folia Parasitol. 33: 285-288.

Hubálek Z. (1986): Some physical and chemical properties of Bhanja virus. Acta Virol. 30: 440-442.

Hubálek Z. (1986): Modulation of Bhanja virus infection in mice. Zbl. Bakt. A 262: 417-424.

Hubálek Z. (1986): Comparative biogeography of Bhanja virus in Europe. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 20(8): 1-50.

Hubálek Z. (1987): Geographic distribution of Bhanja virus. Folia Parasitol. 34: 77-86.

Hubálek Z., Calisher C.H., Mittermayer T. (1987): A new subtype (Brezová) of Tribeč orbivirus (Kemerovo group) isolated from Ixodes ricinus males in Czechoslovakia. Acta Virol. 31: 91-92.

Rödl P., Bárdoš V., Hubálek Z. (1987): Experimental infection of the squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica) with Ťahyňa virus (California group, Bunyaviridae). Folia Parasitol. 34: 189-191.

Hubálek Z. (1987): Experimental pathogenicity of Bhanja virus. Zbl. Bakt. A 266: 284-291.

Juřicová Z., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Pellantová J., Chytil J. (1987): Haemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies against arboviruses of the families Togaviridae and Bunyaviridae in birds caught in southern Moravia, Czechoslovakia. Folia Parasitol. 34: 281-284.

Hubálek Z., Horáková M. (1988): Evaluation of climatic similarity between areas in biogeography. J. Biogeogr. 15: 409-418.

Hubálek Z., Mittermayer T., Halouzka J., Černý V. (1988): Isolation of "exotic" Bhanja virus (Bunyaviridae) from ticks in the temperate zone. Arch. Virol. 101: 191-197.

Hubálek Z., Mittermayer T., Halouzka J. (1988): Bhanja virus (Bunyaviridae) isolated from Dermacentor marginatus ticks in Czechoslovakia. Acta Virol. 32: 526.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Halouzka J., Pellantová J., Hudec K. (1989): Arboviruses associated with birds in southern Moravia, Czechoslovakia. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 23(7): 1-50.

Juřicová Z., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Hudec K., Pellantová J. (1989): Results of arbovirological examination of birds of the family Hirundinidae in Czechoslovakia. Folia Parasitol. 36: 379-383.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Halouzka J. (1990): Francisella tularensis from ixodid ticks in Czechoslovakia. Folia Parasitol. 37: 255-260.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Halouzka J., Butenko A. M., Kondrašina N. G., Guščina E. A., Morozova T. N. (1990): Isolation and characterization of Sedlec virus, a new bunyavirus from birds. Acta Virol. 34: 339-345.

Hubálek Z., Korenberg E. I., Juřicová Z., Kovalevskij J. V., Halouzka J., Ščerbakov S. V. (1990): Prevalence of borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks from southern Moravia, Czechoslovakia. Folia Parasitol. 37: 359-362.

Halouzka J., Pejčoch M., Hubálek Z., Knoz J. (1991): Isolation of Ťahyňa virus from biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) in Czecho-Slovakia. Acta Virol. 35: 247-251.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (1991): A comparison of the occurrence of borreliae in nymphal and adult Ixodes ricinus ticks. Zbl. Bakt. A 276: 133-137.

Hubálek Z. (1991): Biogeographic indication of natural foci of tick-borne infections. "Modern Acarology" (ed. F. Dusbábek, V. Bukva), vol. 1: 255-260. Academia Prague - SPB Academic The Hague.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Halouzka J. (1991): Tick-borne viruses and bacteria isolated in Czechoslovakia. "Modern Acarology" (ed. F. Dusbábek, V. Bukva), vol. 2: 49-53. Academia Prague - SPB Academic The Hague.

Daneš L., Pejčoch M., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Zima J., Tkachenko E. A., Dzagurova T. K., Ivanov A. P., Švandová E. (1991): Hantaviruses in small wild living mammals in Czechoslovakia. J. Hyg. Epidem. 35: 281-288.

Korenberg E.I., Horáková M., Kovalevsky J. V., Hubálek Z., Karavanov A.S. (1992): Probability models of the rate of infection with tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes persulcatus ticks. Folia Parasitol. 39: 85-92.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Halouzka J., Šebek Z. (1993): Isolation of a rickettsial organism (Eperythrozoon) from mice during virological testing of ixodid ticks. Folia Parasitol. 40: 157-159.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Halouzka J. (1993): Eperythrozoon − a lesson for arbovirologists. Acta Virol. 37: 519-522.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (1993): Prevalence of borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks from urban parks. Folia Parasitol. 40: 236.

Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Svobodová Š., Halouzka J. (1993): A serologic survey for some bacterial and viral zoonoses in game animals in the Czech Republic. J. Wildl. Dis. 29: 604-607.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Svobodová Š. (1994): Seasonal distribution of borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks. Zbl. Bakt. 280: 423-431.

Hubálek Z., Rödl P. (1994): Assessment of the mouse open-field activity after infection with Ťahyňa virus (California serogroup, Bunyaviridae). Lab. Anim. Sci. 44: 186-188.

Hubálek Z., Sixl W., Šebek Z., Stünzner D. (1994): Isolation of tick-borne encephalitis virus from the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Austria. Geogr. Med. (Szeged), Suppl. 9: 55-62.

Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Mátlová L., Hubálek Z. (1995): Borreliae in larval Ixodes ricinus ticks. Med. Vet. Entomol. 9: 205-206.

Hubálek Z., Pow I., Reid H.W., Hussain M.H. (1995): Antigenic similarity of Central European encephalitis and louping-ill viruses. Acta Virol. 39: 251-256.

Halouzka J., Hubálek Z. (1996): Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) of medical and veterinary importance (a review). Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 30(2): 1-56.

Mátlová L., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Hubálek Z. (1996): Comparative experimental infection of Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Folia Parasitol. 43: 159-160.

Juřicová Z., Halouzka J., Forejtek P., Hubálek Z. (1996): Detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in hares, wild boars and pheasants in the Czech Republic. Biológia 51: 331-333.

Hubálek Z., Anderson J.F., Halouzka J., Hájek V. (1996): Borreliae in immature Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks parasitizing birds in the Czech Republic. J. Med. Entomol. 33: 766-771.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (1996): A simple method of transmission risk assessment in enzootic foci of Lyme borreliosis. Eur. J. Epidem. 12: 331-333.

Hubálek Z., Treml F., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Huňady M., Janík V. (1996): Frequent isolation of Francisella tularensis from Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in an enzootic focus of tularaemia. Med. Vet. Entomol. 10: 241-246.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J. (1996): Arthropod-borne viruses of vertebrates in Europe. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 10(4-5): 1-95.

Hubálek Z., Sixl W., Halouzka J., Mikulášková M. (1997): Prevalence of Francisella tularensis in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in adjacent areas of the Czech and Austrian Republics. Centr. Eur. J. Publ. Hlth. 5: 199-201.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J. (1997): Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genomic groups in Europe, a review. Eur. J. Epidem. 13: 951-957.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J. (1997): Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), in contrast to ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), do not carry Francisella tularensis in a natural focus of tularemia in the Czech Republic. J. Med. Entomol. 34: 660-663.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (1998): Investigation of haematophagous arthropods for borreliae - summarized data, 1988-1996. Folia Parasitol. 45: 67-72.

Halouzka J., Postic D., Hubálek Z. (1998): Isolation of the spirochaete Borrelia afzelii from the mosquito Aedes vexans in the Czech Republic. Med. Vet. Entomol. 12: 103-105.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J. (1998): Prevalence rates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe. Parasitol. Res. 84: 167-172.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Heroldová M. (1998): Growth temperature ranges of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains. J. Med. Microbiol. 47: 929-932.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Šebesta O. (1998): First isolation of mosquito-borne West-Nile virus in the Czech Republic. Acta Virol. 42: 119-120.

Gray J.S., Kahl O., Robertson J.N., Daniel M., Estrada-Peňa A., Gettinby G., Jaenson T.G.T., Jensen P., Jongejan F., Korenberg E., Kurtenbach K., Zeman P., Cinco M., de Boer R., Fingerle V., Hubálek Z., Manelli A., Perez-Eid C., Radda A., Randolph S., Řeháček J., Stanczak J., Strle F. (1998): Lyme borreliosis habitat assessment. Zbl. Bakt. 287: 211-228.

Stünzner D., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Postic D., Pierer K., Marth E. (1998): Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Styria (Austria) and species identification by PCR-RFLP analysis. Zbl. Bakt. 288: 471-478.

Hubálek Z., Sixl W., Halouzka J. (1998): Francisella tularensis in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from the Czech Republic and Austria. Wien. Klin. Wschr. 110: 909-910.

Heroldová M., Němec M., Hubálek Z. (1998): Growth parameters of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto at various temperatures. Zbl. Bakt. 288: 451-455.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (1999): West Nile fever in Czechland. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 5: 594-595.

Juřicová Z., Hubálek Z. (1999): Serological surveys for arboviruses in the game animals of southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Folia Zool. 48: 185-189.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J. (1999): West Nile fever - a reemerging mosquito-borne viral disease in Europe. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 5: 643-650.

Stünzner D., Pierer K., Hubalek Z., Halouzka J., Aberer E., Millner M.M., Marth E. (1999): Species identification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from tick and human isolates in Styria (Austria) by PCR-RFLP analysis. Wien. Klin. Wschr. 111: 994-996.

Higgins J.A., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Elkins K.L., Sjostedt A., Shipley M., Ibrahim M.S. (2000): Detection of Francisella tularensis in infected mammals and vectors using probe-based polymerase chain reaction. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 62: 310-318.

Rappole J.H., Derrickson S.R., Hubálek Z. (2000): Migratory birds and spread of West Nile virus in the Western Hemisphere. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 6: 319-328.

Hubálek Z. (2000): European experience with the West Nile virus ecology and epidemiology: could it be relevant for the New World? Viral Immunol. 13: 415-426.

Hubálek Z., Savage H.M., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Sanogo Y.O., Lusk S. (2000): West Nile virus investigations in South Moravia, Czechland. Viral Immunol. 13: 427-433.

Heroldová M., Němec M., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J. (2001): Enzyme activities of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Folia Microbiol. 46: 179-182.

Hubálek Z. (2001): Comparative symptomatology of West Nile fever. Lancet 358: 254-255.

Hubálek Z., Treml F., Juřicová Z., Huňady M., Halouzka J., Janík V., Bill D. (2002): Serological survey of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) for tularaemia and brucellosis in South Moravia, Czech Republic. Vet. Med. 47: 60-66.

Juřicová Z., Halouzka J., Hubálek Z. (2002): Serologic survey for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in rodents and detection of spirochetes in ticks and fleas in South Moravia (Czech Republic). Biologia 57: 383-387.

Hubálek Z., Stünzner D., Halouzka J., Sixl W., Wendelin I., Juřicová Z., Sanogo Y.O. (2003): Prevalence of borreliae in ixodid ticks from a floodplain forest ecosystem. Wien. Klin. Wschr. 115: 121-124.

Hubálek Z. (2003): Emerging human infectious diseases: anthroponoses, zoonoses, and sapronoses. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 9: 403-404.

Rappole J.H., Hubálek Z. (2003): Migratory birds and West Nile virus. J. Appl. Microbiol. 94, Suppl.: 47-58.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (2003): Longitudinal surveillance of the tick Ixodes ricinus for borreliae. Med. Vet. Entomol. 17: 46-51.

Weingartl H.M., Drebot M.A., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Andonova M., Dibernardo A., Cottam-Birt C., Larence J., Marszal P. (2003): Comparison of assays for the detection of West Nile virus antibodies in chicken serum. Can. J. Vet. Res. 67: 128-132.

Nohýnková E., Kubek J., Měšťánková O., Chalupa P., Hubálek Z. (2003): Případ infekce Babesia microti importované do České republiky z USA. Čas. Lék. Čes. 142: 377-381.

Rudolf I., Hubálek Z. (2003): Effect of the salivary gland and midgut extracts from Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) on the growth of Borrelia garinii in vitro. Folia Parasitol. 50: 159-160.

Weissenböck H., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Pichlmair A., Maderner A., Fragner K., Kolodziejek J., Loupal G., Kölbl S., Nowotny N. (2003): Screening for West Nile virus infections in susceptible animal species in Austria. Epidem. Infect. 131: 1023-1027.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (2003): Host-seeking activity of ixodid ticks in relation to weather variables. J. Vector Ecol. 28: 159-165.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z. (2004): Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans. Med. Vet. Entomol. 18: 228-231.

Hubálek Z. (2004): An annotated checklist of pathogenic microorganisms associated with migratory birds. J. Wildl. Dis. 40: 639-659.

Hubálek Z., Zeman P., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Šťovíčková E., Bálková H., Šikutová S., Rudolf I. (2005): Mosquitoborne viruses, Czech Republic, 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 11: 116-118.

Bakonyi T., Hubálek Z., Rudolf I., Nowotny N. (2005): Novel flavivirus or new lineage of West Nile virus, Central Europe. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 11: 225-231.

Hubálek Z. (2005): North Atlantic weather oscillation and human infectious diseases in the Czech Republic, 1951-2003. Eur. J. Epidem. 20: 263-270.

Rudolf I., Golovchenko M., Šikutová S., Rudenko N., Grubhoffer L., Hubálek Z. (2005): Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in nymphal Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Czech Republic. Folia Parasitol. 52: 274-276.

Hubálek Z., Kříž B., Menne B. (2006): West Nile virus: ecology, epidemiology and prevention. In Menne B., Ebi K.L. (eds.): Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health, 217-242. WHO & Steinkopff Verlag, Darmstadt.

Hubálek Z., Lukáčová L., Halouzka J., Širůček P., Januška J., Přecechtělová J., Procházka P. (2006): Import of West Nile virus infection in the Czech Republic. Eur. J. Epidem. 21: 323-324.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Šikutová S., Rudolf I. (2006): Effect of forest clearing on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Med. Vet. Entomol. 20: 166-172.

Stünzner D., Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Wendelin I., Sixl W., Marth E. (2006): Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the tick Ixodes ricinus in the Styrian mountains of Austria. Wien. Klin. Wschr. 118: 682-685.

Šikutová S., Rudolf I., Golovchenko M., Rudenko N., Grubhoffer L., Hubálek Z. (2007): Detection of Anaplasma DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks: pitfalls. Folia Parasitol. 54: 310-312.

Hartemink N.A., Davis S.A., Reiter P., Hubálek Z., Heesterbeek J.A. (2007): Importance of bird-to-bird transmission for the establishment of West Nile virus. Vector-Borne Zoon. Dis. 7: 575-584.

Meister T., Lussy H., Bakonyi T., Sikutová S., Rudolf I., Vogl W., Winkler H., Frey H., Hubálek Z., Nowotny N., Weissenböck H. (2008): Serological evidence of continuing high Usutu virus (Flaviviridae) activity and establishment of herd immunity in wild birds in Austria. Vet. Microbiol. 127: 237-248.

Šumilo D., Bormane A., Asokliene L., Vasilenko V., Golovljova I., Avsic-Zupanc T., Hubalek Z., Randolph S.E. (2008): Socio-economic factors in the differential upsurge of tick-borne encephalitis in central and eastern Europe. Rev. Med. Virol. 18: 81-95.

Hubálek Z., Wegner E., Halouzka J., Tryjanowski P., Jerzak L., Šikutová S., Rudolf I., Kruszewicz A.G., Jaworski Z., Wlodarczyk R. (2008): Serologic survey of potential vertebrate hosts for West Nile virus in Poland. Viral Immunol. 21: 247-254.

Halouzka J., Juricova Z., Jankova J., Hubalek Z. (2008): Serologic survey of wild boars for mosquito-borne viruses in South Moravia (Czech Republic). Vet. Med. 53: 266-271.

Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Šikutová S., Rudolf I., Honza M., Janková J., Chytil J., Marec F., Sitko J. (2008): Serologic survey of birds for West Nile Flavivirus in southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Vector-Borne Zoon. Dis. 8: 659-666.

Hubálek Z. (2008): Mosquito-borne viruses in Europe. Parasitol. Res. 103, Suppl. 1: 29-43.

Randolph S.E., Asokliene L., Avsic-Zupanc T., Bormane A., Burri C., Gern L., Golovljova I., Hubalek Z., Knap N., Kondrusik M., Kupca A., Pejcoch M., Vasilenko V., Zygutiene M. (2008): Variable spikes in tick-borne encephalitis incidence in 2006 independent of variable tick abundance but related to weather. Parasites Vectors Dec. 9; 1(1):44. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-44.

Šikutová S., Hornok S., Hubálek Z., Doležálková I., Juřicová Z., Rudolf I. (2008): Serological survey of domestic animals for tick-borne encephalitis and Bhanja viruses in northeastern Hungary. Vet. Microbiol. 135: 267-271.

Jarošová V., Rudolf I., Halouzka J., Hubálek Z. (2009): Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. v klíšťatech na ostravských haldách [Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodid ticks from Ostrava slag heaps]. Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. 58: 90-97

Hubálek Z. (2009): Epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis. In Lipsker D., Jaulhac B. (eds.), Lyme borreliosis – biological and clinical aspects (Curr. Probl. Dermatol. 37): 31-50. Karger, Basel.

Šebesta O., Rettich F., Minář J., Halouzka J., Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Rudolf I., Šikutová S., Gelbič I., Reiter P. (2009): Presence of the mosquito Anopheles hyrcanus in South Moravia, Czech Republic. Med. Vet. Entomol. 23: 284-286.

Juřicová Z, Hubálek Z, Halouzka J, Šikutová S. (2009): Serological examination of songbirds (Passeriformes) for mosquito-borne viruses Sindbis, Ťahyňa, and Batai in a south Moravian wetland (Czech Republic). Vector-borne Zoon. Dis. 9: 295-299.

Juřicová Z., Hubálek Z. (2009): Serologic survey of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Vector-Borne Zoon. Dis. 9: 479-482.

Rudolf I., Mendel J., Šikutová S., Švec P., Masaříková J., Nováková D., Buňková L., Sedláček I., Hubálek Z. (2009): 16S rRNA gene-based identification of cultured bacterial flora from host-seeking Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks, vectors of vertebrate pathogens. Folia Microbiol. 54: 419-428.

Hubálek Z. (2009): Biogeography of tick-borne Bhanja virus (Bunyaviridae) in Europe. Interdisciplin. Perspect. Infect. Dis., article ID 372691, 11 pp. doi:10.1155/2009/372691.

Weissenböck H., Hubálek Z., Bakonyi T., Nowotny N. (2010): Zoonotic mosquito-borne flaviviruses: worldwide presence of agents with proven pathogenicity and potential candidates of future emerging diseases. Vet. Microbiol. 140: 271-280.

Hubálek Z., Rudolf I., Bakonyi T., Kazdová K., Halouzka J., Šebesta O., Šikutová S., Juřicová Z., Nowotny N. (2010): Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) surveillance for arboviruses in an area endemic for West Nile (lineage Rabensburg) and Ťahyňa viruses in Central Europe. J. Med. Entomol. 47: 466-472.

Calistri P., Giovannini A., Hubalek Z., Ionescu A., Monaco F., Savini G., Lelli R. (2010): Epidemiology of West Nile in Europe and in the Mediterranean basin. Open Virol. J. 4: 29-37.

 

Rudolf I., Šikutová S., Kopecký J., Hubálek Z. (2010): Salivary gland extract from engorged Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) stimulates in vitro growth of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. J. Basic Microbiol. 50: 294-298.

Randolph S.E., and EDEN-TBD sub-project team [Anda P., Avsic-Zupanc T., Bormane A., Egyed L., Ferenczi E., García-Pérez A.L., Gern L., Hubalek Z., Kazimirova M., Kondrusik M.,

Pfister K., Rizzoli A., Vasilenko V., Vladimirescu V., Žygutiene M.] (2010): Human activities predominate in determining changing incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in Europe. Eurosurveillance 15(27): 24-31.

Šebesta O., Halouzka J., Hubálek Z., Juřicová Z., Rudolf I., Šikutová S., Svobodová P., Reiter P. (2010): Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna in an area endemic for West Nile virus. J. Vector Ecol. 35:156-162.

Hubálek Z., Rudolf I. (2011): Microbial Zoonoses and Sapronoses. 457 p. Springer, Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London-New York. (ISBN 978-90-481-9659-2)

Jourdain E., Olsen B., Lundkvist A., Hubálek Z., Šikutová S., Waldenström J., Karlsson M., Wahlström M., Jozan M., Falk K.I. (2011): Surveillance for West Nile virus in wild birds from Northern Europe. Vector-Borne Zoon. Dis. 11: 77-79.

 

Tick-borne viruses in Europe

The aim of this review is to present briefly background information on 27 tick-borne viruses ("tiboviruses") that have been detected in Europe, viz flaviviruses tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), louping-ill (LIV), Tyuleniy (TYUV), and Meaban (MEAV); orthobunyaviruses Bahig (BAHV) and Matruh (MTRV); phleboviruses Grand Arbaud (GAV), Ponteves (PTVV), Uukuniemi (UUKV), Zaliv Terpeniya (ZTV), and St.

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