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Czechia
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
65
Citations
12683
World Ranking
2540
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Petr Volf is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and has focused their research primarily in the field of Medicine, with extensive contributions related to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Insect Science, Parasitology, and Genetics.

Their research covers a broad range of topics including:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Among frequent co-authors are:

  • Jovana Sádlová
  • Barbora Vojtková
  • Tereza Leštinová
  • Vít Dvořák
  • Tomáš Bečvář

Common publication venues for Petr Volf include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Petr Volf demonstrate a focus on parasitology and vector biology, including:

  • Systematic functional analysis of Leishmania protein kinases identifies regulators of differentiation or survival (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Colonization and genetic diversification processes of Leishmania infantum in the Americas (2021, Communications Biology)
  • Experimental transmission of Leishmania (Mundinia) parasites by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • Characterization of a new Leishmania major strain for use in a controlled human infection model (2021, Nature Communications)
  • The role of sand flies as vectors of viruses other than phleboviruses (2023, Journal of General Virology)

Best Publications

  • Leishmania development in sand flies: parasite-vector interactions overview

    Anna Dostálová;Petr Volf

  • Establishment and Maintenance of Sand Fly Colonies

    P. Volf;V. Volfova

  • Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum.

    Bulent Alten;Carla Maia;Maria Odete Afonso;Lenea Campino

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

    Milena Svobodová;Bulent Alten;Lenka Zídková;Vít Dvořák

  • Sand flies and Leishmania: specific versus permissive vectors.

    Petr Volf;Jitka Myskova

  • Modulation of Aneuploidy in Leishmania donovani during Adaptation to Different In Vitro and In Vivo Environments and Its Impact on Gene Expression.

    F. Dumetz;H. Imamura;M. Sanders;V. Seblova

  • Genomic Confirmation of Hybridisation and Recent Inbreeding in a Vector-Isolated Leishmania Population

    Matthew B. Rogers;Tim Downing;Barbara A. Smith;Hideo Imamura

  • Characterization of a defensin from the sand fly Phlebotomus duboscqi induced by challenge with bacteria or the protozoan parasite Leishmania major

    Nathalie Boulanger;Carl Lowenberger;Petr Volf;Raul Ursic

  • 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

  • A lipophosphoglycan-independent development of Leishmania in permissive sand flies

    Jitka Myskova;Milena Svobodova;Stephen M. Beverley;Petr Volf

  • Increased transmission potential of Leishmania major/Leishmania infantum hybrids

    Petr Volf;Ivana Benkova;Jitka Myskova;Jovana Sadlova

  • Detection of species-specific antibody response of humans and mice bitten by sand flies.

    I. Rohousova;S. Ozensoy;Y. Ozbel;P. Volf

  • The role of indigenous phlebotomine sandflies and mammals in the spreading of leishmaniasis agents in the Mediterranean region.

    M Antoniou;M Gramiccia;R Molina;V Dvorak

  • ITS 2 sequences heterogeneity in Phlebotomus sergenti and Phlebotomus similis (Diptera, Psychodidae): possible consequences in their ability to transmit Leishmania tropica.

    Jérôme Depaquit;Hubert Ferté;Nicole Léger;Fabienne Lefranc

  • Insights into the sand fly saliva: Blood-feeding and immune interactions between sand flies, hosts, and Leishmania.

    Tereza Lestinova;Iva Rohousova;Michal Sima;Camila I. de Oliveira

  • Genetic dissection of a Leishmania flagellar proteome demonstrates requirement for directional motility in sand fly infections

    Tom Beneke;François Demay;Edward Hookway;Nicole Ashman

  • Laboratory colonization and mass rearing of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae)

    Phillip Lawyer;Mireille Killick-Kendrick;Tobin Rowland;Edgar Rowton

  • 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

  • Discovery of markers of exposure specific to bites of Lutzomyia longipalpis, the vector of Leishmania infantum chagasi in Latin America.

    Clarissa Teixeira;Regis Gomes;Nicolas Collin;David Reynoso

  • Sand fly saliva: effects on host immune response and Leishmania transmission

    Iva Rohousová;Petr Volf

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Votýpka
Jan Votýpka Charles University
Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Vyacheslav Yurchenko University of Ostrava
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Shaden Kamhawi
Shaden Kamhawi National Institutes of Health
Alon Warburg
Alon Warburg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Paul A. Bates
Paul A. Bates Lancaster University
Carla Maia
Carla Maia Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Asrat Hailu
Asrat Hailu Addis Ababa University
Jesus G. Valenzuela
Jesus G. Valenzuela National Institutes of Health
Gad Baneth
Gad Baneth Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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