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Pavel Široký is affiliated with the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Immunology and Microbiology and Environmental Science. The scientist's work encompasses various subfields such as Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main research topics addressed by Pavel Široký include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Their recent published papers are:

  • Against growing synonymy: Identification pitfalls of Hepatozoon and Schellackia demonstrated on North Iranian reptiles, 2021, European Journal of Protistology
  • Dermacentor reticulatus - a tick on its way from glacial refugia to a panmictic Eurasian population, 2022, International Journal for Parasitology
  • High Prevalence and Low Diversity of Rickettsia in Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks, Central Europe, 2022, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis is widespread in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Czech Republic, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Landscape epidemiology of neglected tick-borne pathogens in central Europe, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pavel Široký include:

  • Alena Balážová
  • Kristína Zechmeisterová
  • Jaroslav Ondruš
  • Vojtěch Baláž
  • Branka Bilbija

The primary venues where Pavel Široký publishes research are:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • European Journal of Protistology
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Best Publications

  • Dermacentor reticulatus : a vector on the rise

    Gábor Földvári;Pavel Široký;Sándor Szekeres;Gábor Majoros

  • A rangewide phylogeography of Hermann's tortoise, Testudo hermanni (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae): implications for taxonomy

    Uwe Fritz;Markus Auer;Albert Bertolero;Marc Cheylan

  • Phenotypic plasticity leads to incongruence between morphology-based taxonomy and genetic differentiation in western Palaearctic tortoises (Testudo graeca complex; Testudines, Testudinidae)

    Uwe Fritz;Anna K. Hundsdörfer;Pavel Široký;Markus Auer

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography, contact zones and taxonomy of grass snakes (Natrix natrix, N. megalocephala)

    Carolin Kindler;Wolfgang Böhme;Claudia Corti;Václav Gvoždík;Václav Gvoždík

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis, Emys trinacris) – an update

    Antonia Celani;Peter Havaš;Sandro Tripepi;Viner Khabibullin

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe

    Uwe Fritz;D. James Harris;Soumia Fahd;Rachid Rouag

  • Hyalomma aegyptium as dominant tick in tortoises of the genus Testudo in Balkan countries, with notes on its host preferences.

    Pavel Široký;Klára J. Petrželková;Martin Kamler;Andrei D. Mihalca

  • Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range

    Robert S. Sommer;Charlotte Lindqvist;Arne Persson;Henrik Bringsøe

  • A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa ), with descriptions of six new species

    Alice Petzold;Mario Vargas-Ramírez;Christian Kehlmaier;Melita Vamberger

  • Environmentally caused dwarfism or a valid species--is Testudo weissingeri Bour, 1996 a distinct evolutionary lineage? New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genomic markers.

    Uwe Fritz;Pavel Široký;Hajigholi Kami;Michael Wink

  • The distribution and spreading pattern of Dermacentor reticulatus over its threshold area in the Czech Republic—How much is range of this vector expanding?

    Pavel Široký;Michaela Kubelová;Marek Bednář;David Modrý;David Modrý

  • Deep genealogical lineages in the widely distributed African helmeted terrapin: evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa subrufa).

    Mario Vargas-Ramírez;Miguel Vences;William R. Branch;Savel R. Daniels

  • West-to-east differences of Babesia canis canis prevalence in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in Slovakia

    Michaela Kubelová;Emil Tkadlec;Emil Tkadlec;Marek Bednář;Eva Roubalová

  • AP92-like Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalomma aegyptium Ticks, Algeria.

    Matej Kautman;Ghoulem Tiar;Anna Papa;Pavel Široký

  • Tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium as long term carrier of Q fever agent Coxiella burnetii--evidence from experimental infection.

    Pavel Široký;Michaela Kubelová;David Modrý;Jan Erhart

  • Hemolivia and Hepatozoon: Haemogregarines with Tangled Evolutionary Relationships

    Jana Kvičerová;Jana Kvičerová;Václav Hypša;Václav Hypša;Nela Dvořáková;Peter Mikulíček

  • Haemogregarines from western Palaearctic freshwater turtles (genera Emys, Mauremys) are conspecific with Haemogregarina stepanowi Danilewsky, 1885.

    Nela Dvořáková;Jana Kvičerová;Ivo Papoušek;Hossein Javanbakht

  • Co-distribution pattern of a haemogregarine Hemolivia mauritanica (Apicomplexa: Haemogregarinidae) and its vector Hyalomma aegyptium (Metastigmata: Ixodidae).

    Pavel Široký;Peter Mikulíček;David Jandzík;Hajigholi Kami

  • Life cycle of tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium under laboratory conditions

    Pavel Široký;Jan Erhart;Klára J. Petrželková;Martin Kamler

  • Hidden threat of tortoise ticks: high prevalence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks Hyalomma aegyptium in the Middle East

    Pavel Široký;Tomáš Bělohlávek;Ivo Papoušek;David Jandzik;David Jandzik

  • LONG-TERM OCCURRENCE OF HEMOLIVIA CF. MAURITANICA (APICOMPLEXA: ADELEINA: HAEMOGREGARINIDAE) IN CAPTIVE TESTUDO MARGINATA (REPTILIA: TESTUDINIDAE): EVIDENCE FOR CYCLIC MEROGONY?

    P. Široký;M. Kamler;D. Modrý

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Fritz
Uwe Fritz American Museum of Natural History
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Michael Wink
Michael Wink Heidelberg University
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
David R. Vieites
David R. Vieites Spanish National Research Council
Frank Glaw
Frank Glaw University of Bonn
Petros Lymberakis
Petros Lymberakis University of Crete
Klára J. Petrželková
Klára J. Petrželková Czech Academy of Sciences
Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Andrei Daniel Mihalca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Annetta Zintl
Annetta Zintl University College Dublin

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