West Nile fever--a reemerging mosquito-borne viral disease in Europe.
- Z. Hubálek, J. Halouzka
- MedicineEmerging Infectious Diseases
- 1 September 1999
Environmental factors, including human activities, that enhance population densities of vector mosquitoes (heavy rains followed by floods, irrigation, higher than usual temperature, or formation of ecologic niches that enable mass breeding of mosquitoes) could increase the incidence of West Nile fever.
Prevalence rates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe
- Z. Hubálek, J. Halouzka
- BiologyParasitology Research
- 1998
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes have been found in all examined Ixodes ricinus (L.) populations in Europe, and results varied according to the method used.
Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genomic groups in Europe, a review
- Z. Habálek, J. Halouzka
- BiologyEuropean Journal of Epidemiology
- 1 December 1997
The survey is based on a total of 1263 records (738 isolations and 525 molecular DNA detections) of five Borrelia burgdorferi s.s.l. genomic groups available from 26 European countries and shows the geographic distribution, the source and the association of the genomic groups with particular clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in humans.
Host-seeking activity of ixodid ticks in relation to weather variables.
- Z. Hubálek, J. Halouzka, Z. Juřicová
- Environmental Science, BiologyJournal of Vector Ecology
- 1 December 2003
Predictive two-variable regression models of relative abundance in host-seeking ticks were based on morning temperature (TA or TS) and morning RH as the most important environmental factors: they explained 32% (I. ricinus), 39% (H. concinna), and 35% (D. reticulatus) of the variance.
Serologic survey of birds for West Nile flavivirus in southern Moravia (Czech Republic).
- Z. Hubálek, J. Halouzka, J. Sitko
- BiologyVector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
- 6 October 2008
The results indicate that WNV activity in southern Moravia was limited during 2004-2006, and 13 of 391 wild birds had specific antibodies to WNV.
Francisella tularensis in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from the Czech Republic and Austria.
- Z. Hubálek, W. Sixl, J. Halouzka
- Medicine, BiologyWiener Klinische Wochenschrift
- 23 December 1998
Host-seeking adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks were examined for the prevalence of Francisella tularensis in an active natural focus of tularemia along the lower reaches of the Dyje (Thaya) river…
Serologic survey of potential vertebrate hosts for West Nile virus in Poland.
- Z. Hubálek, E. Wegner, R. Włodarczyk
- BiologyViral immunology
- 20 June 2008
Data indicate a significant trace that demands verification of WNV activity in Poland, and one black-headed gull had neutralizing antibodies for the Usutu Flavivirus, the first case recorded in Poland.
A Serologic Survey for Some Bacterial and Viral Zoonoses in Game Animals in the Czech Republic
- Z. Hubálek, Z. Juticová, S. Svobodová, J. Halouzka
- Biology, MedicineJournal of Wildlife Diseases
- 1 October 1993
It is proposed that these mammals may play a role in maintaining natural foci of Q-fever, Ťahyňa fever and Čalovo virus infection.
Salmonellae in gulls and other free-living birds in the Czech Republic.
- Z. Hubálek, W. Sixl, M. Honza
- BiologyCentral European Journal of Public Health
- 1 February 1995
Cloacal swabs from wild synanthropic and exoanthropic birds of 57 species in the Czech Republic yielded 32 strains of Salmonella typhimurium, most of which were derived from black-headed gulls, which might play a role in the dispersal of pathogenic salmonellae.
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