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Michal Stanko is affiliated with the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Slovakia and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including:

  • Parasitology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Ecology
  • Genetics

Main topics addressed in their research cover a range of areas related to vector-borne diseases and animal ecology:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Boris R. Krasnov
  • Bronislava Víchová
  • Irina S. Khokhlova
  • Mária Kazimírová
  • Eva Špitalská

Their research has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Biologia (8 publications)
  • Pathogens (6 publications)
  • Animals (3 publications)
  • Parasitology Research (3 publications)
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases (3 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michal Stanko include:

  • A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Ticks and their epidemiological role in Slovakia: from the past till present, 2021, Biologia
  • Dispersal-based versus niche-based processes as drivers of flea species composition on small mammalian hosts: inferences from species occurrences at large and small scales, 2021, Oecologia
  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Slovakia and New Data About Subgenus Pholeoixodes Occurrence, 2020, Acta Parasitologica
  • Ticks, fleas and rodent-hosts analyzed for the presence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Slovakia: the first record of Borrelia miyamotoi in a Haemaphysalis inermis tick, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Best Publications

  • Subtyping Cryptosporidium ubiquitum, a Zoonotic Pathogen Emerging in Humans

    Na Li;Lihua Xiao;Keri Alderisio;Kristin Elwin

  • Mammal density and patterns of ectoparasite species richness and abundance

    Michal Stanko;Dana Miklisová;Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq;Serge Morand

  • Genetic Variability within Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies Established by PCR-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of the rrfA-rrlB Intergenic Spacer in Ixodes ricinus Ticks from the Czech Republic

    Markéta Derdáková;Lorenza Beati;Branislav Pet'ko;Michal Stanko

  • Empirical Evaluation of Neutral Interactions in Host-Parasite Networks

    E. F. Canard;N. Mouquet;D. Mouillot;M. Stanko

  • Is sex-biased ectoparasitism related to sexual size dimorphism in small mammals of Central Europe?

    S. Morand;J. Goüy De Bellocq;M. Stanko;D. Miklisová

  • Spatial distribution of Dermacentor reticulatus tick in Slovakia in the beginning of the 21st century

    Eva Bullová;Martin Lukán;Michal Stanko;Branislav Petko

  • 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

  • Effects of deer density on tick infestation of rodents and the hazard of tick-borne encephalitis. I: empirical assessment.

    F. Cagnacci;L. Bolzoni;R. Rosà;G. Carpi

  • Central European Dobrava Hantavirus isolate from a striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius).

    Boris Klempa;Michal Stanko;Milan Labuda;Rainer Ulrich

  • Are ectoparasite communities structured? Species co-occurrence, temporal variation and null models.

    Boris R. Krasnov;Michal Stanko;Serge Morand

  • Assembly rules of ectoparasite communities across scales: combining patterns of abiotic factors, host composition, geographic space, phylogeny and traits

    Boris R. Krasnov;Georgy I. Shenbrot;Irina S. Khokhlova;Michal Stanko

  • Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes.

    Christian Kiffner;Christian Kiffner;Michal Stanko;Serge Morand;Irina S. Khokhlova

  • Relationship between host abundance and parasite distribution: inferring regulating mechanisms from census data.

    Michal Stanko;Boris R. Krasnov;Serge Morand

  • Circulation of Toxocara spp. in suburban and rural ecosystems in the Slovak Republic.

    D. Antolová;K. Reiterová;M. Miterpáková;M. Stanko

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

    Šárka Čondlová;Michaela Horčičková;Bohumil Sak;Dana Květoňová

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

    Lucia Blaňarová;Michal Stanko;Giovanna Carpi;Dana Miklisová

  • Host community structure and infestation by ixodid ticks: repeatability, dilution effect and ecological specialization

    Boris R. Krasnov;Michal Stanko;Serge Morand

  • Habitat variation in species composition of flea assemblages on small mammals in central Europe

    Boris R. Krasnov;Michal Stanko;Dana Miklisova;Serge Morand

  • MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM AND BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU LATO IN IXODES RICINUS TICKS FROM EASTERN SLOVAKIA

    Marketa Derdakova;Monika Halanova;Michal Stanko;Asteria Stefancikova

  • Anaplasma infections in ticks and reservoir host from Slovakia.

    Bronislava Víchová;Viktória Majláthová;Mária Nováková;Michal Stanko

  • Broad geographical distribution and high genetic diversity of shrew-borne Seewis hantavirus in Central Europe

    Mathias Schlegel;Lukáš Radosa;Lukáš Radosa;Ulrike M. Rosenfeld;Sabrina Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris R. Krasnov
Boris R. Krasnov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Irina S. Khokhlova
Irina S. Khokhlova Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Boris Klempa
Boris Klempa Slovak Academy of Sciences
Bronislava Víchová
Bronislava Víchová Slovak Academy of Sciences
Georgy I. Shenbrot
Georgy I. Shenbrot Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Adrià López-Baucells
Adrià López-Baucells Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers
Christoph F. J. Meyer
Christoph F. J. Meyer University of Salford
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Cornelia Silaghi
Cornelia Silaghi Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

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