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Bronislava Víchová

Bronislava Víchová

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
24
Citations
1276
World Ranking
3050
National Ranking
4

Overview

Bronislava Víchová is affiliated with the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Slovakia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on immunology and microbiology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these domains, their work prominently covers parasitology, infectious diseases, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, insect science, and public health, environmental and occupational health as key subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of vector-borne infectious diseases, with notable attention to viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, and research related to Bartonella species infections. Additional areas of investigation include insect and pesticide research, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and studies on Toxoplasma gondii.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bronislava Víchová include Dana Zubríková, Michał Stanko, Lucia Blaňarová, Veronika Blažeková, and Ivana Heglasová.

Their recent selected publications highlight a focus on vector-borne pathogens and ticks:

  • Detection of pathogens in ixodid ticks collected from animals and vegetation in five regions of Ukraine, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate, Germany, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Bird Louse Flies Ornithomya spp. (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) as Potential Vectors of Mammalian Babesia and Other Pathogens, 2023, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Slovakia and New Data About Subgenus Pholeoixodes Occurrence, 2020, Acta Parasitologica
  • Dirofilaria immitis Pulmonary Dirofilariasis, Slovakia, 2022, Emerging Infectious Diseases

The primary publication venues where Bronislava Víchová's work appears include Pathogens, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Acta Parasitologica, Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Ixodes ricinus abundance and its infection with the tick-borne pathogens in urban and suburban areas of Eastern Slovakia.

    Lucia Pangrácová;Markéta Derdáková;Ladislav Pekárik;Ivana Hviščová

  • Borrelia lusitaniae and green lizards (Lacerta viridis), Karst Region, Slovakia.

    Viktória Majláthová;Igor Majláth;Marketa Derdáková;Bronislava Víchová

  • Distinct Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes associated with Ixodes trianguliceps ticks and rodents in Central Europe.

    Lucia Blaňarová;Michal Stanko;Giovanna Carpi;Dana Miklisová

  • Anaplasma infections in ticks and reservoir host from Slovakia.

    Bronislava Víchová;Viktória Majláthová;Mária Nováková;Michal Stanko

  • Presence of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Babesia microti in rodents and two tick species (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes trianguliceps) in Slovakia

    Lucia Blaňarová;Michal Stanko;Dana Miklisová;Bronislava Víchová

  • The role of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) in the transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

    Viktória Majláthová;Igor Majláth;Martin Hromada;Piotr Tryjanowski

  • Emergence of tick-borne pathogens (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ricketsia raoultii and Babesia microti) in the Kyiv urban parks, Ukraine.

    Yuliya M. Didyk;Lucia Blaňárová;Svyatoslav Pogrebnyak;Igor Akimov

  • Co-infection with Babesia divergens and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in cattle (Bos taurus), Sweden

    Martin O. Andersson;Bronislava Víchová;Conny Tolf;Sandra Krzyzanowska

  • The infection of questing Dermacentor reticulatus ticks with Babesia canis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

    Grzegorz Karbowiak;Bronislavá Vichová;Kateryna Slivinska;Joanna Werszko

  • PCR detection of re-emerging tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, in deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) a blood-sucking ectoparasite of cervids

    Bronislava Víchová;Viktória Majláthová;Mária Nováková;Igor Majláth

  • Detection of pathogens in ixodid ticks collected from animals and vegetation in five regions of Ukraine

    Viktoriya A. Levytska;Andriy B. Mushinsky;Dana Zubrikova;Lucia Blanarova

  • Molecular detection of co-infections with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and/or Babesia canis canis in Dirofilaria-positive dogs from Slovakia.

    Bronislava Víchová;Martina Miterpáková;Adriana Iglódyová

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes).

    Grzegorz Karbowiak;Bronislava Vichova;Viktoria Majlathova;Joanna Hapunik

  • Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate, Germany.

    Dana Zubriková;Maria Wittmann;Václav Hönig;Pavel Švec

  • Co-Circulation of West Nile and Usutu Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes in Slovakia, 2018.

    Viktória Čabanová;Silvie Šikutová;Petra Straková;Oldřich Šebesta

  • Polymerase chain reaction confirmation of Babesia canis canis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in dogs suspected of babesiosis in Slovakia.

    Viktória Majláthová;Igor Majláth;Bronislava Víchová;Ivana Gul’ová

  • Wild and farm breeding cervids infections with Anaplasma phagocytophilum.

    Joanna Hapunik;Bronislava Vichova;Grzegorz Karbowiak;Irena Wita

  • First molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in European brown bear (Ursus arctos).

    Bronislava Víchová;Viktória Majláthová;Mária Nováková;Martin Straka

  • Molecular surveillance of Theileria equi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in horses from Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia

    Kateryna Slivinska;Bronislava Víchová;Joanna Werszko;Tomasz Szewczyk

  • Neglected intravascular pathogens, Babesia vulpes and haemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in European red fox (Vulpes vulpes) population.

    Martina Koneval;Martina Miterpáková;Zuzana Hurníková;Lucia Blaňarová

  • FIRST CASE OF HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS FROM SLOVAKIA

    Maria Novakova;Bronislava Vichova;Viktoria Majlathova;Anna Lesnakova

  • Fleas and Ticks of Red Foxes as Vectors of Canine Bacterial and Parasitic Pathogens, in Slovakia, Central Europe.

    Bronislava Víchová;Martin Bona;Martina Miterpáková;Jasna Kraljik

Frequent Co-Authors

Michal Stanko
Michal Stanko Slovak Academy of Sciences
Zdeněk Hubálek
Zdeněk Hubálek Czech Academy of Sciences
Kurt Pfister
Kurt Pfister Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lidia Chitimia-Dobler
Lidia Chitimia-Dobler Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology
Jonas Waldenström
Jonas Waldenström Linnaeus University
Dieter Häussinger
Dieter Häussinger Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Piotr Tryjanowski
Piotr Tryjanowski University of Life Sciences in Poznań

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