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Animal Science and Veterinary
Poland
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
41
Citations
4495
World Ranking
1125
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Poland Leader Award

Overview

Anna Bajer is affiliated with the University of Warsaw in Poland and conducts research primarily in the fields of immunology and microbiology and medicine. Their work extensively covers parasitology, infectious diseases, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and genetics. The research focus centers on vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, and parasitic diseases research and treatment, with additional attention to parasite biology and host interactions as well as Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

The scientist's notable recent publications include:

  • Babesiosis in Southeastern, Central and Northeastern Europe: An Emerging and Re-Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans and Animals, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe, 2021, Pathogens
  • Monitoring the expansion of Dermacentor reticulatus and occurrence of canine babesiosis in Poland in 2016-2018, 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), a possible reservoir of Babesia vulpes, B. canis and Hepatozoon canis and its association with the tick Dermacentor reticulatus occurrence, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Emerging risk of Dirofilaria spp. infection in Northeastern Europe: high prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in sled dog kennels from the Baltic countries, 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anna Bajer include:

  • Dorota Dwużnik-Szarek
  • Jerzy M. Behnke
  • Maciej Grzybek
  • Mohammed Alsarraf
  • Katarzyna Tołkacz

The scientist's work is frequently published in these venues, which highlight their disciplinary reach:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Scientific Reports
  • Animals
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pathogens

Anna Bajer's research covers a range of topics that include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Parasites and host interactions
  • Parasitic diseases research and treatment
  • Parasite biology and host interactions

Best Publications

  • Effects of an MHC-DRB genotype and allele number on the load of gut parasites in the bank vole Myodes glareolus.

    Agnieszka Kloch;Wiesław Babik;Anna Bajer;Edward Siński

  • Recombination Within and Between Species of the Alpha Proteobacterium Bartonella Infecting Rodents

    Anna Paziewska;Philip D. Harris;Lucyna Zwolińska;Anna Bajer

  • Variation in the helminth community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from three comparable localities in the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

    J.M. Behnke;C.J. Barnard;A. Bajer;D. Bray

  • Interactions involving intestinal nematodes of rodents: experimental and field studies

    J.M. Behnke;A. Bajer;E. Sinski;D. Wakelin

  • Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae infections in Ixodes ricinus ticks from urban and natural forested areas of Poland.

    Renata Welc-Falęciak;Maciej Kowalec;Grzegorz Karbowiak;Anna Bajer

  • Babesia microti: prevalence in wild rodents and Ixodes ricinus ticks from the Mazury Lakes District of North-Eastern Poland.

    Edward Siński;Anna Bajer;Renata Welc;Agnieszka Pawełczyk

  • Pathogens vectored by the tick, Dermacentor reticulatus, in endemic regions and zones of expansion in Poland

    Ewa J. Mierzejewska;Agnieszka Pawełczyk;Marek Radkowski;Renata Welc-Falęciak

  • Ticks and the city - are there any differences between city parks and natural forests in terms of tick abundance and prevalence of spirochaetes?

    Maciej Kowalec;Tomasz Szewczyk;Renata Welc-Falęciak;Edward Siński

  • Babesia canis and other tick-borne infections in dogs in Central Poland

    Renata Welc-Falęciak;Anna Rodo;Edward Siński;Anna Bajer

  • Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

    Anna Bajer;Agnieszka Pawelczyk;Jerzy M. Behnke;Francis Gilbert

  • Risk factors and control of intestinal parasite infections in sled dogs in Poland

    Anna Bajer;Malgorzata Bednarska;Anna Rodo

  • Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. infections in humans, animals and the environment in Poland

    Anna Bajer

  • Cryptosporidium infection in patients with primary immunodeficiencies.

    Beata Wolska-Kusnierz;Anna A. Bajer;Simone Caccio;Edyta Heropolitanska-Pliszka

  • Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in common voles ( Microtus arvalis) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

    A. Pawelczyk;A. Bajer;J. M. Behnke;F. S. Gilbert

  • Distribution of Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. in selected species of protected and game mammals from North-Eastern Poland.

    Anna Paziewska;Małgorzata Bednarska;Hubert Niewegłowski;Grzegorz Karbowiak

  • Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe.

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Simone Morelli;Maria Sophia Unterköfler;Anna Bajer

  • Prevalence and abundance of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia spp. in wild rural rodents from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland

    Anna Bajer;M. Bednarska;A. Pawelczyk;Jerzy M. Behnke

  • Abundance of wild rodents, ticks and environmental risk of Lyme borreliosis: a longitudinal study in an area of Mazury Lakes district of Poland.

    Edward Siński;Agnieszka Pawełczyk;Anna Bajer;Jerzy M. Behnke

  • Mapping of Dermacentor reticulatus expansion in Poland in 2012-2014.

    Ewa J. Mierzejewska;Agustin Estrada-Peña;Mohammed Alsarraf;Maciej Kowalec

  • Fluorescent in situ hybridization as a tool to retrospectively identify Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in samples from terrestrial mammalian wildlife

    Malgorzata Bednarska;Anna Bajer;Edward Sinski;Autumn S. Girouard

  • Prevalence, genetic identity and vertical transmission of Babesia microti in three naturally infected species of vole, Microtus spp. (Cricetidae)

    Katarzyna Tołkacz;Małgorzata Bednarska;Mohammed Alsarraf;Dorota Dwużnik

  • Signatures of balancing selection in toll-like receptor (TLRs) genes - novel insights from a free-living rodent.

    Agnieszka Kloch;Marius A Wenzel;Dominik R Laetsch;Olek Michalski

  • Factors aecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland

    A. Bajer;A. Paweczyk;J. M. Behnke;F. S. Gilbert

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward Siński
Edward Siński University of Warsaw
Jerzy M. Behnke
Jerzy M. Behnke University of Nottingham
Francis Gilbert
Francis Gilbert University of Nottingham
Philip D. Harris
Philip D. Harris University of Oslo
Christopher J. Barnard
Christopher J. Barnard University of Nottingham
Simone M. Cacciò
Simone M. Cacciò Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Agustín Estrada-Peña
Agustín Estrada-Peña University of Zaragoza
Thaddeus K. Graczyk
Thaddeus K. Graczyk Johns Hopkins University
Jane L. Hurst
Jane L. Hurst University of Liverpool
Maria Ogrzewalska
Maria Ogrzewalska Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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