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Animal Science and Veterinary
Czechia
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
42
Citations
4915
World Ranking
1039
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Bohumil Sak is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology, immunology, and microbiology, with significant contributions to infectious diseases and animal science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, the subfields prominently covered by their work are:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Small Animals
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

The topics Bohumil Sak explores in depth include:

  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Amoebic Infections and Treatments
  • Dermatological diseases and infestations
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Helminth infection and control

Sak's frequent co-authors include:

  • Martin Kváč
  • Nikola Holubová
  • Marta Kicia
  • John McEvoy
  • Dana Květoňová

They have published extensively in several journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Folia Parasitologica
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Microorganisms
  • Parasitology

Recent notable publications by Bohumil Sak include:

  • Cryptosporidium myocastoris n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae), the Species Adapted to the Nutria (Myocastor coypus), 2021, Microorganisms
  • Description of Cryptosporidium ornithophilus n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in farmed ostriches, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Cryptosporidium mortiferum n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae), the species causing lethal cryptosporidiosis in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris), 2023, Parasites & Vectors
  • Cryptosporidium ratti n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) and genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. in brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in the Czech Republic, 2020, Parasitology
  • Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm, 2020, Emerging infectious diseases

Best Publications

  • Subtyping Cryptosporidium ubiquitum, a Zoonotic Pathogen Emerging in Humans

    Na Li;Lihua Xiao;Keri Alderisio;Kristin Elwin

  • Unapparent Microsporidial Infection among Immunocompetent Humans in the Czech Republic

    Bohumil Sak;Daniel Brady;Markéta Pelikánová;Dana Květoňová

  • Latent microsporidial infection in immunocompetent individuals - a longitudinal study.

    Bohumil Sak;Martin Kváč;Martin Kváč;Zuzana Kučerová;Dana Květoňová

  • Cryptosporidium pig genotype II in immunocompetent man.

    Martin Kvác;Dana Kvetonová;Bohumil Sak;Oleg Ditrich

  • The first report on natural Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. infections in wild East-European House Mice (Mus musculus musculus) and West-European House Mice (M. m. domesticus) in a hybrid zone across the Czech Republic–Germany border

    Bohumil Sak;Martin Kváč;Martin Kváč;Dana Květoňová;Tomáš Albrecht

  • Cryptosporidium scrofarum n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in domestic pigs (Sus scrofa)

    Martin Kváč;Michaela Kestřánová;Martina Pinková;Dana Květoňová

  • Cryptosporidium avium n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in birds

    Nikola Holubová;Nikola Holubová;Bohumil Sak;Michaela Horčičková;Michaela Horčičková;Lenka Hlásková

  • Long-Term Monitoring of Microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia Infections in Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at Different Stages of Habituation in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic

    Bohumil Sak;Klara J. Petrzelkova;Dana Kvetonova;Anna Mynarova

  • Sources of potentially infectious human microsporidia: molecular characterisation of microsporidia isolates from exotic birds in the Czech Republic, prevalence study and importance of birds in epidemiology of the human microsporidial infections.

    D Kasicková;B Sak;M Kvác;M Kvác;O Ditrich;O Ditrich

  • First report of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection on a pig farm in the Czech Republic.

    Bohumil Sak;Martin Kváč;Martin Kváč;Dagmar Hanzlíková;Vitaliano Cama;Vitaliano Cama

  • Microsporidia and Cryptosporidium in horses and donkeys in Algeria: detection of a novel Cryptosporidium hominis subtype family (Ik) in a horse.

    Abd Elkarim Laatamna;Pavla Wagnerová;Bohumil Sak;Dana Květoňová

  • Latent microsporidiosis caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi in immunocompetent hosts: a murine model demonstrating the ineffectiveness of the immune system and treatment with albendazole.

    Michaela Kotkova;Bohumil Sak;Dana Kvetonova;Martin Kvac;Martin Kvac

  • Prevalence and age-related infection of Cryptosporidium suis, C. muris and Cryptosporidium pig genotype II in pigs on a farm complex in the Czech Republic.

    Martin Kváč;Martin Kváč;Dagmar Hanzlíková;Bohumil Sak;Dana Květoňová

  • Cryptosporidium proliferans n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae): Molecular and Biological Evidence of Cryptic Species within Gastric Cryptosporidium of Mammals

    Martin Kváč;Martin Kváč;Nikola Havrdová;Lenka Hlásková;Tereza Daňková

  • Cryptosporidium apodemi sp. n. and Cryptosporidium ditrichi sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in Apodemus spp.

    Šárka Čondlová;Michaela Horčičková;Bohumil Sak;Dana Květoňová

  • Cryptosporidium occultus sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in rats.

    Martin Kváč;Martin Kváč;Gabriela Vlnatá;Jana Ježková;Michaela Horčičková

  • Prevalence and Pathogenicity of Cryptosporidium suis in Pre- and Post-weaned Pigs

    Vítovec J;Hamadejová K;Landová L;Kvác M;Kvác M

  • Cryptosporidium erinacei n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in hedgehogs

    Martin Kváč;Lada Hofmannová;Lenka Hlásková;Dana Květoňová

  • More than a rabbit's tale – Encephalitozoon spp. in wild mammals and birds

    Barbara Hinney;Bohumil Sak;Anja Joachim;Martin Kváč

  • Cryptosporidium myocastoris n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae), the Species Adapted to the Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

    Jana Ježková;Zlata Limpouchová;Jitka Prediger;Nikola Holubová

  • Coevolution of Cryptosporidium tyzzeri and the house mouse (Mus musculus)

    Martin Kváč;John McEvoy;Martina Loudová;Brianna Stenger

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Kváč
Martin Kváč Czech Academy of Sciences
Dana Květoňová
Dana Květoňová Czech Academy of Sciences
Lihua Xiao
Lihua Xiao South China Agricultural University
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yaoyu Feng
Yaoyu Feng South China Agricultural University
Michal Stanko
Michal Stanko Slovak Academy of Sciences
Louis M. Weiss
Louis M. Weiss Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Laura Wegener Parfrey
Laura Wegener Parfrey University of British Columbia
Longxian Zhang
Longxian Zhang Henan Agricultural University
Rachel M. Chalmers
Rachel M. Chalmers Singleton Hospital

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