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Animal Science and Veterinary
Hungary
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
44
Citations
5819
World Ranking
900
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Hungary Leader Award
  • 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

Sándor Hornok is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hungary. The primary research focus centers on parasitology, vector-borne infectious diseases, and veterinary science with significant contributions across related domains such as immunology, microbiology, and infectious diseases.

Their scholarly output includes numerous papers published in various scientific journals, with a particular emphasis on tick biology and the diseases they transmit. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The scientist's research fields span:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader fields, the subfields that receive the most focus are:

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

Key research topics emphasized throughout their work include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Frequent collaborators in research projects encompass:

  • Jenő Kontschán
  • Nóra Takács
  • Attila D. Sándor
  • Gergő Keve
  • Sándor Szekeres

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Sándor Hornok include:

  • "Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: Insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma," published in 2020 in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Molecular phylogeny of Amblyomma exornatum and Amblyomma transversale, with reinstatement of the genus Africaniella (Acari: Ixodidae) for the latter," published in 2020 in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with birds in Europe: Review of literature data," published in 2022 in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Argasid Ticks of Palearctic Bats: Distribution, Host Selection, and Zoonotic Importance," published in 2021 in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Rickettsiae in the common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and the bat soft tick Argas vespertilionis (Ixodida: Argasidae)," published in 2020 in Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • Birds as potential reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens: first evidence of bacteraemia with Rickettsia helvetica

    Sándor Hornok;Dávid Kováts;Tibor Csörgő;Marina L Meli

  • Molecular identification of Anaplasma marginale and rickettsial endosymbionts in blood-sucking flies (Diptera: Tabanidae, Muscidae) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

    Sándor Hornok;Gábor Földvári;Vilmos Elek;Victoria Naranjo

  • First serological and molecular evidence on the endemicity of Anaplasma ovis and A. marginale in Hungary

    Sándor Hornok;Vilmos Elek;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Victoria Naranjo

  • Molecular Investigations of Rickettsia helvetica Infection in Dogs, Foxes, Humans, and Ixodes Ticks

    Felicitas S. Boretti;Andrea Perreten;Marina L. Meli;Valentino Cattori

  • Molecular investigation of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) as potential vectors of rickettsial and mycoplasmal agents.

    Sándor Hornok;Marina L. Meli;Andrea Perreten;Róbert Farkas

  • First Molecular Evidence of Anaplasma ovis and Rickettsia spp. in Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of Sheep and Wild Ruminants

    Sándor Hornok;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Nóra Biró;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

  • Molecular detection of vector-borne bacteria in bat ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) from eight countries of the Old and New Worlds

    Sándor Hornok;Krisztina Szőke;Marina L. Meli;Attila D. Sándor

  • First report of adult Hyalomma marginatum rufipes (vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus) on cattle under a continental climate in Hungary

    Sándor Hornok;Gábor Horváth

  • Influence of biotope on the distribution and peak activity of questing ixodid ticks in Hungary.

    Sándor Hornok;Róbert Farkas

  • Bird ticks in Hungary reflect western, southern, eastern flyway connections and two genetic lineages of Ixodes frontalis and Haemaphysalis concinna.

    S. Hornok;B. Flaisz;N. Takács;J. Kontschán

  • Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: Insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma.

    Samuel Kelava;Ben J. Mans;Renfu Shao;Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa

  • Molecular investigation of transplacental and vector-borne transmission of bovine haemoplasmas

    S. Hornok;A. Micsutka;M.L. Meli;H. Lutz

  • Emerging horizons for tick-borne pathogens: from the 'one pathogen-one disease' vision to the pathobiome paradigm.

    Muriel Vayssier-Taussat;Maria Kazimirova;Zdenek Hubalek;Sándor Hornok

  • Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females

    Sándor Hornok;Attila D. Sándor;Relja Beck;Róbert Farkas

  • High prevalence of Hepatozoon-infection among shepherd dogs in a region considered to be free of Rhipicephalus sanguineus

    Sándor Hornok;Balázs Tánczos;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Seroprevalence of canine babesiosis in Hungary suggesting breed predisposition.

    Sándor Hornok;R. Edelhofer;R. Farkas

  • First molecular evidence of Hepatozoon canis infection in red foxes and golden jackals from Hungary.

    Róbert Farkas;Norbert Solymosi;Nóra Takács;Ákos Hornyák

  • Survey on blood-sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) of ruminants and pigs with molecular detection of Anaplasma and Rickettsia spp.

    S. Hornok;R. Hofmann-Lehmann;I.G. Fernández de Mera;M.L. Meli

  • Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Hungary: screening of dairy cows, sheep, commercial milk samples, and ticks

    Miklós Gyuranecz;Béla Dénes;Sándor Hornok;Péter Kovács

  • Bovine besnoitiosis emerging in Central-Eastern Europe, Hungary

    Sándor Hornok;András Fedák;Ferenc Baska;Regina Hofmann-Lehmann

  • Occurrence of ticks and prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in three types of urban biotopes: Forests, parks and cemeteries

    Sándor Hornok;Marina L. Meli;Enikő Gönczi;Edina Halász

  • Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen

    Ana Cláudia Norte;Ana Cláudia Norte;Gabriele Margos;Noémie S. Becker;Jaime Albino Ramos

  • Fatal bovine anaplasmosis in a herd with new genotypes of Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma ovis and concurrent haemoplasmosis

    S. Hornok;A. Micsutka;I.G. Fernández de Mera;M.L. Meli

Frequent Co-Authors

Róbert Farkas
Róbert Farkas University of Veterinary Medicine
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann University of Zurich
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Attila D. Sándor
Attila D. Sándor University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Marina L. Meli
Marina L. Meli University of Zurich
Miklós Gyuranecz
Miklós Gyuranecz Institute for Veterinary Medical Research
Gábor Földvári
Gábor Földvári University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera University of Castilla-La Mancha
Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Andrei Daniel Mihalca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Cornelia Silaghi
Cornelia Silaghi Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

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