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Tamás Bakonyi is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, with extensive work in medicine and immunology and microbiology. Key areas of study include public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, parasitology, virology, and insect science.

The scientist's body of work covers critical topics such as mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne infectious diseases, malaria research and control, poxvirus research and outbreaks, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, and rabies epidemiology and control.

Among their recent papers are:

  • West Nile virus keeps on moving up in Europe, 2020, published in Eurosurveillance
  • Epidemiology of human West Nile virus infections in the European Union and European Union enlargement countries, 2010 to 2018, 2021, published in Eurosurveillance
  • Epidemiology, surveillance and diagnosis of Usutu virus infection in the EU/EEA, 2012 to 2021, 2023, published in Eurosurveillance
  • Systematic review on the non-vectorial transmission of Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEv), 2022, published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Rapid increase in neuroinvasive West Nile virus infections in humans, Italy, July 2022, 2022, published in Eurosurveillance

Key frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Céline M Gossner
  • Joana M. Haussig
  • Flavia Riccardo
  • Francesco Maraglino
  • Johanna Young

Their publications have mostly appeared in Eurosurveillance, with additional contributions to Globalization and Health, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Malaria Journal, and Viruses.

Tamás Bakonyi's research lies at the intersection of vector-borne viral infections and public health surveillance, contributing to understanding transmission patterns and epidemiology of diseases like West Nile virus and Usutu virus within Europe.

Best Publications

  • Lineage 1 and 2 strains of encephalitic West Nile virus, central Europe.

    Tamás Bakonyi;Éva Ivanics;Károly Erdélyi;Krisztina Ursu

  • Occurrence of Six Honeybee Viruses in Diseased Austrian Apiaries

    Olga Berényi;Tamás Bakonyi;Tamás Bakonyi;Irmgard Derakhshifar;Hemma Köglberger

  • Novel Flavivirus or New Lineage of West Nile Virus, Central Europe

    Tamás Bakonyi;Zdenek Hubálek;Ivo Rudolf;Norbert Nowotny

  • Usutu Virus, Italy, 1996

    Herbert Weissenböck;Tamás Bakonyi;Giacomo Rossi;Paolo Mani

  • Explosive spread of a neuroinvasive lineage 2 West Nile virus in Central Europe, 2008/2009

    Tamás Bakonyi;Emőke Ferenczi;Károly Erdélyi;Orsolya Kutasi

  • Zoonotic mosquito-borne flaviviruses: worldwide presence of agents with proven pathogenicity and potential candidates of future emerging diseases.

    Herbert Weissenbock;Zdeněk Hubálek;Tamás Bakonyi;Tamás Bakonyi;Norbert Nowotny

  • Genetic characterization of West Nile virus lineage 2, Greece, 2010.

    Anna Papa;Tamás Bakonyi;Kyriaki Xanthopoulou;Ana Vázquez

  • Emergence of Usutu Virus in Hungary

    Tamás Bakonyi;Károly Erdélyi;Krisztina Ursu;Emoke Ferenczi

  • Emergence and establishment of Usutu virus infection in wild and captive avian species in and around Zurich, Switzerland--genomic and pathologic comparison to other central European outbreaks

    Hanspeter W. Steinmetz;Tamás Bakonyi;Herbert Weissenböck;Jean Michel Hatt

  • Complete genome analysis and molecular characterization of Usutu virus that emerged in Austria in 2001: comparison with the South African strain SAAR-1776 and other flaviviruses.

    Tamás Bakonyi;Ernest A. Gould;Jolanta Kolodziejek;Herbert Weissenböck

  • Detection of acute bee paralysis virus by RT-PCR in honey bee and Varroa destructor field samples: rapid screening of representative Hungarian apiaries

    Tamás Bakonyi;Róbert Farkas;Andrea Szendröi;Mihály Dobos-Kovács

  • Monitoring of Usutu virus activity and spread by using dead bird surveillance in Austria, 2003-2005.

    S. Chvala;T. Bakonyi;C. Bukovsky;T. Meister

  • Clinical and pathologic features of lineage 2 West Nile virus infections in birds of prey in Hungary.

    Károly Erdélyi;Krisztina Ursu;Emöke Ferenczi;Levente Szeredi

  • Usutu virus in wild birds in northern Italy.

    G. Manarolla;T. Bakonyi;D. Gallazzi;L. Crosta

  • Avian bornaviruses in psittacine birds from Europe and Australia with proventricular dilatation disease.

    Herbert Weissenböck;Tamás Bakonyi;Karin Sekulin;Felix Ehrensperger

  • Detection of hepatitis E virus in samples of animal origin collected in Hungary.

    Petra Forgách;Norbert Nowotny;Károly Erdélyi;Attila Boncz

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of Deformed Wing Virus Genotypes from Diverse Geographic Origins Indicates Recent Global Distribution of the Virus

    Olga Berényi;Tamás Bakonyi;Tamás Bakonyi;Irmgard Derakhshifar;Hemma Köglberger

  • Novel avian bornavirus in a nonpsittacine species (canary; Serinus canaria) with enteric ganglioneuritis and encephalitis.

    Herbert Weissenböck;Karin Sekulin;Tamás Bakonyi;Sandra Högler

  • West Nile virus in overwintering mosquitoes, central Europe

    Ivo Rudolf;Ivo Rudolf;Lenka Betášová;Hana Blažejová;Kristýna Venclíková

  • Lineage 1 and 2 Strains of Encephalitic West Nile Virus

    Tamás Bakonyi;Éva Ivanics;Károly Erdélyi

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Nowotny
Norbert Nowotny University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Herbert Weissenböck
Herbert Weissenböck University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Zdeněk Hubálek
Zdeněk Hubálek Czech Academy of Sciences
Krisztián Bányai
Krisztián Bányai University of Pecs
Miklós Gyuranecz
Miklós Gyuranecz Institute for Veterinary Medical Research
Michael Hess
Michael Hess University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Franz Allerberger
Franz Allerberger University of Innsbruck
Anja Joachim
Anja Joachim University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Georg Gerhard Duscher
Georg Gerhard Duscher Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Francis Schaffner
Francis Schaffner University of Zurich

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