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Overview

Roman Kuchta is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic and has an extensive research portfolio focused on parasitology and environmental science.

Their recent publications include:

  • Sparganosis (Spirometra) in Europe in the Molecular Era, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Diversity of monogeneans and tapeworms in cypriniform fishes across two continents, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology

Roman Kuchta frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Tomáš Scholz
  • Mikuláš Oros
  • Hynek Mazanec
  • Jesús S. Hernández-Orts
  • Peter Koník

The scientist's publications are often featured in prominent journals such as:

  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Folia Parasitologica
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Parasite
  • Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology

Roman Kuchta's main field of study is Environmental Science with a specific focus on several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Parasitology
  • Small Animals
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, primarily centered on parasite-related interactions:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Best Publications

  • Update on the Human Broad Tapeworm (Genus Diphyllobothrium), Including Clinical Relevance

    Tomáš Scholz;Hector H. Garcia;Roman Kuchta;Barbara Wicht

  • Suppression of the tapeworm order Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) and the proposal of two new orders, Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea

    R. Kuchta;T. Scholz;J. Brabec;R.A. Bray

  • The catholic taste of broad tapeworms - multiple routes to human infection.

    Andrea Waeschenbach;Jan Brabec;Tomáš Scholz;D. Timothy J. Littlewood

  • Paraphyly of the Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda): circumscription of monophyletic clades based on phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal RNA.

    J. Brabec;R. Kuchta;T. Scholz

  • Broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidae), parasites of wildlife and humans: Recent progress and future challenges

    Tomáš Scholz;Roman Kuchta;Jan Brabec;Jan Brabec

  • Sparganosis (Spirometra) in Europe in the Molecular Era.

    Roman Kuchta;Marta Kołodziej-Sobocińska;Jan Brabec;Jan Brabec;Daniel Młocicki

  • Revision of the order Bothriocephalidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008 (Eucestoda) with amended generic diagnoses and keys to families and genera.

    Roman Kuchta;Tomáš Scholz;Rodney A. Bray

  • Larvae of gryporhynchid cestodes (Cyclophyllidea) from fish: a review.

    Tomas Scholz;Rodney A. Bray;Roman Kuchta;Radmila Repova

  • A global review of problematic and pathogenic parasites of farmed tilapia

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  • Tapeworm Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Cestoda)—Neglected or Emerging Human Parasite?

    Roman Kuchta;Jan Brabec;Petra Kubáčková;Tomáš Scholz

  • Macrobothriotaenia ficta (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of sunbeam snake ( Xenopeltis unicolor ): example of convergent evolution

    Tomáš Scholz;Alain De Chambrier;Roman Kuchta;D. Timothy J. Littlewood

  • Fish-borne, zoonotic cestodes (Diphyllobothrium and relatives) in cold climates: A never-ending story of neglected and (re)-emergent parasites

    Tomáš Scholz;Roman Kuchta

  • Asian Fish Tapeworm: The Most Successful Invasive Parasite in Freshwaters

    Roman Kuchta;Anindo Choudhury;Tomáš Scholz

  • The evolution of endoparasitism and complex life cycles in parasitic platyhelminths

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  • Molecular phylogeny of the Bothriocephalidea (Cestoda): molecular data challenge morphological classification

    Jan Brabec;Andrea Waeschenbach;Tomáš Scholz;D. Timothy J. Littlewood

  • High morphological plasticity and global geographical distribution of the Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum): molecular and morphological survey.

    Jesús Servando Hernández-Orts;Tomáš Scholz;Jan Brabec;Tetiana Kuzmina

  • Pacific Broad Tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus as a Causative Agent of Globally Reemerging Diphyllobothriosis.

    Roman Kuchta;Marcus Enrique Serrano-Martínez;Tomas Scholz

  • Three new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from Indo-Pacific stingrays of the genus Pastinachus (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae).

    Roman Kuchta;Janine N. Caira

  • Diversity of monogeneans and tapeworms in cypriniform fishes across two continents.

    Roman Kuchta;Eva Řehulková;Kateřina Francová;Tomáš Scholz

  • Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of freshwater fish in Africa, including erection of Kirstenella n. gen. and description of Tetracampos martinae n. sp.

    Roman Kuchta;Alena Burianová;Miloslav Jirků;Alain De Chambrier

  • Eggs as a Suitable Tool for Species Diagnosis of Causative Agents of Human Diphyllobothriosis (Cestoda)

    Kateřina Leštinová;Miroslava Soldánová;Tomáš Scholz;Roman Kuchta

  • Diversity and distribution of fish tapeworms of the "Bothriocephalidea" (Eucestoda).

    Kuchta R;Scholz T

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences
František Moravec
František Moravec Czech Academy of Sciences
D. Timothy J. Littlewood
D. Timothy J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Vladimíra Hanzelová
Vladimíra Hanzelová Institute of Parasitology
Rodney A. Bray
Rodney A. Bray Natural History Museum
Andrew P. Shinn
Andrew P. Shinn University of Stirling
David I. Gibson
David I. Gibson Natural History Museum
Terry R. Spraker
Terry R. Spraker Colorado State University
Janine N. Caira
Janine N. Caira University of Connecticut

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