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Animal Science and Veterinary
Hungary
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
39
Citations
5985
World Ranking
1274
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Hungary Leader Award

Overview

Kálmán Molnár is a researcher affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Hungary. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in various subfields including Ecology, Cancer Research, Small Animals, Global and Planetary Change, and Microbiology.

Their research topics focus largely on Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Microbial Infections and Disease Research, Helminth Infection and Control, and Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota.

Molnár has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
  • Food and Waterborne Parasitology

The following are selected recent papers showcasing their research outputs:

  • New record of metacercariae of the North American Posthodiplostomum centrarchi (Digenea, Diplostomidae) in pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) in Hungary, 2020, Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
  • Digenean trematodes in Hungarian freshwater aquacultures, 2020, Food and Waterborne Parasitology
  • Reproductive strategies of the parasitic flatworm Thaparocleidus vistulensis (Siwak, 1932) (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) infecting the European catfish Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758, 2023, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Evidence of the American Myxobolus dechtiari was introduced along with its host Lepomis gibbosus in Europe: Molecular and histological data, 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • The occurrence of known Myxobolus and Thelohanellus species (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) from Indian major carps with the description of Myxobolus bandyopadhyayi n. sp. in West Bengal, 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife

Molnár frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Csaba Székely
  • Gábor Cech
  • Boglárka Sellyei
  • Graciela Esmeralda Colunga-Ramírez
  • Ádám Varga

The collaboration and publication record indicate a research focus on parasitology, particularly in aquatic environments, combining molecular and ecological approaches. Their publication history shows active involvement in projects related to parasite-host interactions and aquatic pathology.

Best Publications

  • Synopsis of the species of Myxobolus Butschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae).

    J. C. Eiras;K. Molnár;Y. S. Lu

  • Relationships among members of the genus Myxobolus (Myxozoa: Bilvalvidae) based on small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences.

    K. B. Andree;Csaba Székely;Csaba Székely;Kálmán Molnár;Kálmán Molnár;S. J. Gresoviac

  • Site preference of fish myxosporeans in the gill.

    Kálmán Molnár

  • Morphological and molecular biological studies on intramuscular Myxobolus spp. of cyprinid fish

    Kálmán Molnár;Edit Eszterbauer;Csaba Székely;A. Dán

  • Synopsis of the species of Myxobolus Butschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea, Myxobolidae) described between 2005 and 2013

    Jorge Costa Eiras;Jinyong Zhang;Kálman Molnár

  • Mass mortality of eel in Lake Balaton due to Anguillicola crassus infection.

    Kálmán Molnár;Csaba Székely;Ferenc Baska

  • Pathological and histopathological studies of the swimbladder of eels Anguilla anguilla infected by Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda : Dracunculoidea)

    Kálmán Molnár;Ferenc Baska;G. Csaba;Róbert Glávits

  • Specificity of Infection Sites in Vertebrate Hosts

    Kálmán Molnár;Edit Eszterbauer

  • Morphological and genetic differences among actinosporean stages of fish-parasitic myxosporeans (Myxozoa): difficulties of species identification

    Edit Eszterbauer;Szilvia Marton;Orsolya Z. Rácz;Márta Letenyei

  • Ultrastructure of sporogenesis of Thelohanellus nikolskii Akhmerov, 1955 (Myxozoa: myxosporea) from the common carp, Cyprinus carpio

    Sherwin S. Desser;Kalman Molnar;Iris Weller

  • Studies into the possible protozoan aetiology of swimbladder inflammation in carp fry

    G. Csaba;Éva Kovács‐Gayer;L. Békési;Maria Bucsek

  • Fumagillin, an efficacious drug against renal sphaerosporosis of the common carp Cyprinus carpio.

    Kálmán Molnár;Ferenc Baska;Csaba Székely

  • Comparative morphological and molecular studies on Myxobolus spp. infecting chub from the river Danube, Hungary, and description of M. muellericus sp. n.

    Kálmán Molnár;Szilvia Marton;Edit Eszterbauer;Csaba Székely

  • Description of a new Myxobolus species, M. colossomatis n. sp. from the teleost Colossoma macropomum of the Amazon River basin

    K. Molnár;L. Békési

  • Dynamics of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) infection in eels of Lake Balaton, Hungary.

    Kálmán Molnár;Csaba Székely;M. Perényi

  • Taxonomic problems, seasonality and histopathology of Henneguya creplini (Myxosporea) infection of the pikeperch Stizostedion lucioperca in Lake Balaton

    Kálmán Molnár

  • Formation of parasitic nodules in the swimbladder and intestinal walls of the eel Anguilla anguilla due to infections with larval stages of Anguillicola crassus.

    K. Molnár

  • Differentiation of Myxobolus spp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) infecting roach (Rutilus rutilus) in Hungary.

    Kálmán Molnár;Szilvia Marton;Csaba Székely;Edit Eszterbauer

  • Parasitological survey of some important fish species of Lake Balaton

    Kálmán Molnár;Csaba Székely

  • The pathogenicity and development within the host fish of Myxobolus cyprini Doflein, 1898

    Kálmán Molnar;Éva Kovács-Gayer

  • Synopsis of the species of Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida)

    Jin Yong Zhang;Ze Mao Gu;Chaganti Kalavati;Jorge Costa Eiras

  • Effect of decreased oxygen content on eels (Anguilla anguilla) infected by Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea).

    K. Molnár

Frequent Co-Authors

Csaba Székely
Csaba Székely Institute for Veterinary Medical Research
Jorge C. Eiras
Jorge C. Eiras University of Porto
Stephen D. Atkinson
Stephen D. Atkinson Oregon State University
David I. Gibson
David I. Gibson Natural History Museum
Sascha L. Hallett
Sascha L. Hallett Oregon State University
František Moravec
František Moravec Czech Academy of Sciences
Maurício Laterça Martins
Maurício Laterça Martins Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Shokoofeh Shamsi
Shokoofeh Shamsi Charles Sturt University
Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero
Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero Spanish National Research Council
Edson A. Adriano
Edson A. Adriano Federal University of Sao Paulo

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