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Animal Science and Veterinary
Czechia
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
53
Citations
9802
World Ranking
505
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Tomáš Scholz is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, contributing to 103 publications in this field. Scholz's work also spans several subfields, including Ecology, Small Animals, Aquatic Science, Parasitology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's studies frequently address topics related to Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, with 146 publications in this area. Other main research themes include Helminth infection and control, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Parasites and Host Interactions, Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species, Genetic diversity and population structure, and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species.

Scholz has coauthored numerous papers with several recurring collaborators, such as:

  • Roman Kuchta
  • Mikuláš Oros
  • Alain de Chambrier
  • Anindo Choudhury
  • Jan Brabec

Their research is frequently published in specialized venues including:

  • Journal of Parasitology
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Parasitology
  • Folia Parasitologica

Recent notable papers authored by Tomáš Scholz and close collaborators include:

  • Sparganosis (Spirometra) in Europe in the Molecular Era, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The evolution of endoparasitism and complex life cycles in parasitic platyhelminths, 2023, Current Biology
  • Diversity of monogeneans and tapeworms in cypriniform fishes across two continents, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Tapeworms as pathogens of fish: A review, 2021, Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Historical dispersal and host-switching formed the evolutionary history of a globally distributed multi-host parasite - The Ligula intestinalis species complex, 2022, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Best Publications

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

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

  • Atlas of the helminth parasites of cichlid fish of Mexico

    V. M. Vidal-Martínez;M. L. Aguirre-Macedo;T. Scholz;D. González-Solís

  • Parasites in cultured and feral fish.

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  • 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

  • Spermatozoa of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Eucestoda): advances in ultrastructural and phylogenetic studies.

    Céline Levron;Jordi Miquel;Mikuláš Oros;Mikuláš Oros;Tomáš Scholz

  • The Introduction and Dispersal of Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924) (Digenea: Heterophyidae) in Mexico: A Review

    Tomáš Scholz;Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado

  • Trematodes of the family Heterophyidae (Digenea) in Mexico: a review of species and new host and geographical records

    T. Scholz;M. L. Aguirre-Macedo;G. Salgado-Maldonado

  • Fish pathogens near the Arctic Circle: molecular, morphological and ecological evidence for unexpected diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Iceland.

    Isabel Blasco-Costa;Anna Faltýnková;Simona Georgieva;Karl Skírnisson

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

    J. Brabec;R. Kuchta;T. Scholz

  • Molecular phylogeny of Neotropical monogeneans (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from catfishes (Siluriformes)

    Carlos A Mendoza-Palmero;Isabel Blasco-Costa;Isabel Blasco-Costa;Tomáš Scholz

  • Molecular analyses reveal high species diversity of trematodes in a sub-Arctic lake.

    Miroslava Soldánová;Simona Georgieva;Jana Roháčová;Rune Knudsen

  • Multiplex PCR for Differential Identification of Broad Tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothrium) Infecting Humans

    Barbara Wicht;Tetsuya Yanagida;Tomáš Scholz;Akira Ito

  • On the phylogenetic positions of the Caryophyllidea, Pseudophyllidea and Proteocephalidea (Eucestoda) inferred from 18S rRNA.

    I Kodedová;D Doležel;M Broučková;M Jirků

  • 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

  • Scolex morphology of monozoic cestodes (Caryophyllidea) from the Palaearctic Region: a useful tool for species identification.

    Mikulás Oros;Tomás Scholz;Vladimíra Hanzelová;John S Mackiewicz

  • Life cycles of species of Proteocephalus, parasites of fishes in the Palearctic Region: a review

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  • A revision of the species of Bothriocephalus Rudolphi, 1808 (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) parasitic in American freshwater fishes

    Tomáš Scholz

  • Complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear ribosomal RNA operons of two species of Diplostomum (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda): a molecular resource for taxonomy and molecular epidemiology of important fish pathogens

    Jan Brabec;Aneta Kostadinova;Tomáš Scholz;D. Timothy J. Littlewood

  • 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

  • On the Position of Archigetes and Its Bearing on the Early Evolution of the Tapeworms

    P. D. Olson;L. G. Poddubnaya;D. T J. Littlewood;T. Scholz

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

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

  • Checklist of the Trematodes (Digenea) of birds of the Czech and Slovak Republics.

    J. Sitko;A. Faltýnková;T. Scholz

  • Geography and host specificity: two forces behind the genetic structure of the freshwater fish parasite Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae).

    Wafa Bouzid;Jan Štefka;Václav Hypša;Sovan Lek

Frequent Co-Authors

Roman Kuchta
Roman Kuchta Czech Academy of Sciences
Vladimíra Hanzelová
Vladimíra Hanzelová Institute of Parasitology
František Moravec
František Moravec Czech Academy of Sciences
José L. Luque
José L. Luque Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Isabel Blasco-Costa
Isabel Blasco-Costa Natural History Museum of Geneva
D. Timothy J. Littlewood
D. Timothy J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Rodney A. Bray
Rodney A. Bray Natural History Museum
Andrew P. Shinn
Andrew P. Shinn University of Stirling
Reinaldo José da Silva
Reinaldo José da Silva Sao Paulo State University

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