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Vasyl V. Tkach is affiliated with the University of North Dakota in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and immunology and microbiology, with a particular focus on parasitology and host interactions.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Tkach's work also extends into several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Parasitology
  • Small Animals
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The key topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Vasyl V. Tkach has contributed to multiple papers, including notable recent works such as:

  • "Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions," 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Molecular phylogeny of Diplostomum, Tylodelphys, Austrodiplostomum and Paralaria (Digenea: Diplostomidae) necessitates systematic changes and reveals a history of evolutionary host switching events," 2021, International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Unravelling the diversity of the Crassiphialinae (Digenea: Diplostomidae) with molecular phylogeny and descriptions of five new species," 2021, Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
  • "Phylogenetic Relationships of Cardiocephaloides spp. (Digenea, Diplostomoidea) and the Genetic Characterization of Cardiocephaloides physalis from Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, in Chile," 2020, Acta Parasitologica
  • "Molecular phylogenetics and mitogenomics of three avian dicrocoeliids (Digenea: Dicrocoeliidae) and comparison with mammalian dicrocoeliids," 2020, Parasites & Vectors

The scientist frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Journal of Parasitology
  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Systematic Parasitology
  • Parasitology Research
  • Parasitology International

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Vasyl V. Tkach are:

  • Tyler J. Achatz
  • Jeffrey A. Bell
  • Alan Fecchio
  • Jakson R. Martens
  • Eric E. Pulis

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda).

    P.D. Olson;T.H. Cribb;V.V. Tkach;V.V. Tkach;R.A. Bray

  • Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: Digenea).

    Vasyl V. Tkach;D. Timothy J. Littlewood;Peter D. Olson;J. Mike Kinsella

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the suborder plagiorchiata (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) based on partial lsrDNA sequences.

    Vasyl Tkach;Jan Wojciech Pawlowski;Jan Wojciech Pawlowski;Jean Mariaux

  • Advances and trends in the molecular systematics of the parasitic Platyhelminthes.

    Peter D. Olson;Vasyl V. Tkach

  • Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)

    Vasyl V. Tkach;Olena Kudlai;Aneta Kostadinova

  • A new method of DNA extraction from the ethanol-fixed parasitic worms

    Vasyl Tkach;Jan Wojciech Pawlowski

  • PHYLOGENETIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SOME HOLARCTIC FROG LUNG FLUKES (DIGENEA: HAEMATOLOECHIDAE)

    Scott D. Snyder;Vasyl V. Tkach

  • Parasite Prevalence Corresponds to Host Life History in a Diverse Assemblage of Afrotropical Birds and Haemosporidian Parasites

    Holly L. Lutz;Wesley M. Hochachka;Joshua I. Engel;Jeffrey A. Bell

  • Molecular and morphological differentiation between species of the Plagiorchis vespertilionis group (Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) occurring in European bats, with a re-description of P. vespertilionis (Müller, 1780).

    Vasyl V. Tkach;Jan Pawlowski;Viktor P. Sharpilo

  • Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites

    Alan Fecchio;Konstans Wells;Jeffrey A. Bell;Vasyl V. Tkach

  • A review of Polylekithum Arnold, 1934 and its familial affinities using morphological and molecular data, with description of Polylekithum catahoulensis sp. nov.

    Stephen S. Curran;Vasyl V. Tkach;Vasyl V. Tkach;Robin M. Overstreet

  • Molecular and morphological evidence for close phylogenetic affinities of the genera Macrodera, Leptophallus, Metaleptophallus and Paralepoderma [Digenea, Plagiorchiata]

    V Tkach;B Grabda-Kazubska;J Pawlowski;Z Swiderski

  • Genetic analysis of Echinococcus granulosus from humans and pigs in Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. A multicenter study

    A H Kedra;Z Swiderski;V V Tkach;P Dubinsky

  • Building an integrated infrastructure for exploring biodiversity: field collections and archives of mammals and parasites.

    Kurt E Galbreath;Eric P Hoberg;Joseph A Cook;Blas Armién

  • The Beringian coevolution project: Holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the North

    Joseph A. Cook;Kurt E. Galbreath;Kayce C. Bell;Mariel L. Campbell

  • Neorickettsial endosymbionts of the digenea: diversity, transmission and distribution.

    Jefferson A Vaughan;Vasyl V Tkach;Stephen E Greiman

  • Host community similarity and geography shape the diversity and distribution of haemosporidian parasites in Amazonian birds

    A. Fecchio;R. Pinheiro;G. Felix;I. P. Faria

  • Multiple origins of European populations of the giant liver fluke Fascioloides magna (Trematoda: Fasciolidae), a liver parasite of ruminants.

    Ivica Králová-Hromadová;Eva Bazsalovicsová;Jan Štefka;Jan Štefka;Marta Špakulová

  • Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions

    Alan Fecchio;Nicholas J. Clark;Jeffrey A Bell;Heather Skeen;Heather Skeen

  • Avian host composition, local speciation and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds

    Alan Fecchio;Jeffrey A Bell;Rafael B P Pinheiro;Victor R Cueto

  • The Nematode Genus Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Amphibians and Reptiles of the Nearctic

    Yuriy Kuzmin;Vasyl V. Tkach;Scott D. Snyder

  • A new real-time PCR protocol for detection of avian haemosporidians

    Jeffrey A. Bell;Jason D. Weckstein;Alan Fecchio;Vasyl V. Tkach

  • Phylogenetic Affinities of Auriculostoma (Digenea: Allocreadiidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species From Peru

    Stephen S. Curran;Vasyl V. Tkach;Robin M. Overstreet

  • Molecular insight into systematics, host associations, life cycles and geographic distribution of the nematode family Rhabdiasidae.

    Vasyl V. Tkach;Yuriy Kuzmin;Scott D. Snyder

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney A. Bray
Rodney A. Bray Natural History Museum
Jason D. Weckstein
Jason D. Weckstein Drexel University
David I. Gibson
David I. Gibson Natural History Museum
Sarah E. Bush
Sarah E. Bush University of Utah
Bernard Marchand
Bernard Marchand University of Corsica Pascal Paoli
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
Robin M. Overstreet
Robin M. Overstreet University of Southern Mississippi
Joseph A. Cook
Joseph A. Cook University of New Mexico
Pieter T. J. Johnson
Pieter T. J. Johnson University of Colorado Boulder
Yann Quilichini
Yann Quilichini Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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