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Animal Science and Veterinary
Czechia
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
58
Citations
11036
World Ranking
385
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Jan Votýpka is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and has a research focus spanning Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work has concentrated primarily on parasitology, insect science, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis studies
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Parasitology Research
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Nature
  • Microorganisms

The scientist often collaborates with colleagues such as Julius Lukeš, Vyacheslav Yurchenko, David Modrý, Alexei Yu. Kostygov, and Kristína Záhonová.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan Votýpka include:

  • Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses, 2021, Open Biology
  • Short tRNA anticodon stem and mutant eRF1 allow stop codon reassignment, 2023, Nature
  • Experimental transmission of Leishmania (Mundinia) parasites by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Hedgehogs, Squirrels, and Blackbirds as Sentinel Hosts for Active Surveillance of Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi Complex in Urban and Rural Environments, 2020, Microorganisms
  • Leishmania tarentolae: A new frontier in the epidemiology and control of the leishmaniases, 2022, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Best Publications

  • A Historical Overview of the Classification, Evolution, and Dispersion of Leishmania Parasites and Sandflies

    Mohammad Akhoundi;Katrin Kuhls;Arnaud Cannet;Jan Votýpka

  • Kinetoplast DNA network: evolution of an improbable structure.

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;D. Lys Guilbride;Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Alena Zíková;Alena Zíková

  • Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis

    Mohammad Akhoundi;Tim Downing;Jan Votýpka;Katrin Kuhls

  • Evolution of parasitism in kinetoplastid flagellates

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Tomáš Skalický;Jiří Týč;Jan Votýpka

  • Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed.

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Jan Votýpka;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Julius Lukeš

  • Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses.

    Alexei Y. Kostygov;Alexei Y. Kostygov;Anna Karnkowska;Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Daria Tashyreva

  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum transmitted by Phlebotomus tobbi.

    Milena Svobodová;Bulent Alten;Lenka Zídková;Vít Dvořák

  • Trypanosomatids Are Much More than Just Trypanosomes: Clues from the Expanded Family Tree

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Anzhelika Butenko;Anzhelika Butenko;Hassan Hashimi;Hassan Hashimi;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • Outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Israel.

    Raymond L. Jacobson;Carol L. Eisenberger;Milena Svobodova;Gad Baneth

  • Distinct Transmission Cycles of Leishmania tropica in 2 Adjacent Foci, Northern Israel

    Milena Svobodova;Jan Votypka;Jitka Peckova;Vít Dvorak

  • Leptomonas seymouri: Adaptations to the Dixenous Life Cycle Analyzed by Genome Sequencing, Transcriptome Profiling and Co-infection with Leishmania donovani.

    Natalya Kraeva;Anzhelika Butenko;Jana Hlaváčová;Alexei Kostygov

  • Transient nature of Toxoplasma gondii-induced behavioral changes in mice.

    Štěpánka Hrdá;Jan Votýpka;Petr Kodym;Jaroslav Flegr

  • The stage-regulated HASPB and SHERP proteins are essential for differentiation of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major in its sand fly vector, Phlebotomus papatasi

    Jovana Sádlová;Helen P Price;Barbara A Smith;Jan Votýpka

  • Blocked stomodeal valve of the insect vector: similar mechanism of transmission in two trypanosomatid models.

    P. Volf;M. Hajmova;J. Sadlova;J. Votypka;J. Votypka

  • Coprodiagnosis of Hammondia heydorni in Dogs by PCR Based Amplification of ITS 1 rRNA: Differentiation from Morphologically Indistinguishable Oocysts of Neospora caninum

    J.R. Slapeta;J.R. Slapeta;B. Koudela;B. Koudela;J. Votýpka;J. Votýpka;D. Modrý;D. Modrý

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks.

    Ryanne I Jaarsma;Hein Sprong;Katsuhisa Takumi;Maria Kazimirova

  • Paratrypanosoma is a novel early-branching trypanosomatid

    Pavel Flegontov;Jan Votýpka;Tomáš Skalický;Maria D. Logacheva

  • New Approaches to Systematics of Trypanosomatidae: Criteria for Taxonomic (Re)description

    Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Claudia M. d’Avila-Levy;Philippe Grellier;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • Leishmania in Sand Flies: Comparison of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction with Other Techniques to Determine the Intensity of Infection

    Jitka Myskova;Jan Votypka;Jan Votypka;Petr Volf

  • Leishmania tropica in the black rat (Rattus rattus): persistence and transmission from asymptomatic host to sand fly vector Phlebotomus sergenti.

    Milena Svobodová;Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Luc Nicolas;Petr Volf

  • Sand Flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in Sanliurfa, Turkey Relationship of Phlebotomus sergenti with the Epidemic of Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

    P. Volf;Y. Ozbel;F. Akkafa;M. Svobodová

Frequent Co-Authors

Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Vyacheslav Yurchenko University of Ostrava
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Petr Volf
Petr Volf Charles University
Milan Jirků
Milan Jirků Czech Academy of Sciences
Dmitri A. Maslov
Dmitri A. Maslov University of California, Riverside
Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Andrei Daniel Mihalca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Jan Šlapeta
Jan Šlapeta University of Sydney
Hein Sprong
Hein Sprong Wageningen University & Research
Hans-Peter Fuehrer
Hans-Peter Fuehrer University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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