prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.
Position: head
Research topics: ecology of zoonotic pathogens and their vertebrate hosts
Department: Department of Medical Zoology
Phone: +420 519 352 961
E-mail: zhubalekbrno.cas.cz
Projects
(Re)emerging mosquito-borne virus diseases
Emerging diseases in a changing European environment
Intengrated consortium on ticks and tick-borne diseases
Publications
2010P. CALISTRI, A. GIOVANNINI, Z. HUBÁLEK, A. IONESCU, F. MONACO, G. SAVINI, R. LELLI: Epidemiology of West Nile in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin, Open Virology journal 4 (2010) 29-37.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Zdravotní význam komárů, Dezinfekce, dezinsekce, deratizace (2010) 66-69.
Z. HUBÁLEK, I. RUDOLF, T. BAKONYI, K. KAZDOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, O. ŠEBESTA, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, N. NOWOTNY: Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) surveillance for arboviruses in an area endemic for West Nile (Lineage Rabensburg) and Ťahyňa viruses in cntral Europe, Journal of Medical Entomology 47 (2010) 466-472.
K. KAZDOVÁ, Z. HUBÁLEK: Vyšetření komárů na přítomnost arbovirů na jižní Moravě v letech 2006-2008, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2010) 107-111.
D. NOVÁKOVÁ, R. PANTŮČEK, Z. HUBÁLEK, E. FALSEN, H.-J. BUSSE, P. SCHUMANN, I. SEDLÁČEK: Staphylococcus microti sp. nov., isolated from the common vole (Microtus arvalis), International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60 (2010) 566-573.
I. RUDOLF, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. KOPECKÝ, Z. HUBÁLEK: Salivary gland extract from engorged Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) stimulates in vitro growth of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Journal of Basic Microbiology 50 (2010) 294-298.
O. ŠEBESTA, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, P. SVOBODOVÁ, P. REITER: Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna in an area endemic for West Nile virus, Journal of Vector Ecology 35 (2010) 156-162.
H. WEISSENBÖCK, Z. HUBÁLEK, T. BAKONYI, N. NOWOTNY: Zoonotic mosquito-borne flaviviruses: worldwide presence of agents with proven pathogenicity and potential candidates of future emerging diseases, Veterinary Microbiology 140 (2010) 271-280.
2009Z. HUBÁLEK: Biogeography of tick-borne Bhanja virus (Bunyaviridae) in Europe, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 2009 (2009) 1-11.
V. JAROŠOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. v klíšťatech na ostravských haldách, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2009) 90-97.
Z. JUŘICOVÁ, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ: Serological examination of songbirds (Passeriformes) for mosquito-borne viruses Sindbis, Ťahyňa, and Batai in a South Moravian Wetland (Czech Republic), Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 9 (2009) 295-299.
Z. JUŘICOVÁ, Z. HUBÁLEK: Serologic survey of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 9 (2009) 479-482.
I. RUDOLF, J. MENDEL, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, P. ŠVEC, J. MASAŘÍKOVÁ, D. NOVÁKOVÁ, L. BUŇKOVÁ, I. SEDLÁČEK, Z. HUBÁLEK: 16S rRNA gene-based identification of cultured bacterial flora from host-seeking Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks, vectors of vertebrate pathogens, Folia Microbiologica 54 (2009) 419-428.
P. SVOBODOVÁ, M. PEJČOCH, M. HEROLDOVÁ, T. PAVLÍČEK, E. NEVO, R. ŠUMBERA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Examination of rodents (Rodentia) for emmonsiosis in the Czech Republic, Israel and Africa, Czech Mycology 61 (2009) 99-106.
O. ŠEBESTA, F. RETTICH, J. MINÁŘ, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. GELBIČ, P. REITER: Presence of the mosquito Anopheles hyrcanus in South Moravia, Czech Republic, Medical and Veterinary Entomology 23 (2009) 284-286.
S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, S. HORNOK, Z. HUBÁLEK, I. DOLEŽÁLKOVÁ, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, I. RUDOLF: Serological survey of domestic animals for tick-borne encephalitis and Bhanja viruses in northeastern Hungary, Veterinary Microbiology 135 (2009) 267-271.
2008J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, J. JANKOVÁ, Z. HUBÁLEK: Serologic survey of wild boars for mosquito-borne viruses in South Moravia (Czech Republic), Veterinární medicína 53 (2008) 266-271.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Mosquito-borne viruses in Europe, Parasitology Research 103 (2008) .
Z. HUBÁLEK, M. ČAPEK: Migration distance and the effect of North Atlantic Oscillation on the spring arrival of birds in Central Europe, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 212-220.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Ptactvo Islandu, Živa 56 (2008) 178-180.
Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, M. HONZA, J. JANKOVÁ, J. CHYTIL, F. MAREC, J. SITKO: Serologic survey of birds for West Nile Flavivirus in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic), Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 8 (2008) 659-666.
Z. HUBÁLEK, E. WEGNER, J. HALOUZKA, P. TRYJANOWSKI, L. JERZAK, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, A. G. KRUSZEWICZ, Z. JAWORSKI, R. WłODARCZYK: Serologic survey of potential vertebrate hosts for West Nile Virus in Poland, Viral Immunology 21 (2008) 247-254.
T. MEISTER, H. LUSSY, T. BAKONYI, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, W. VOGL, H. WINKLER, H. FREY, Z. HUBÁLEK, N. NOWOTNY, H. WEISSENBÖCK: Serological evidence of continuing high Usutu virus (Flaviviridae) activity and establishment of herd immunity in wild birds in Austria, Veterinary Microbiology 127 (2008) 237-248.
S. E. RANDOLPH, L. ASOKLIENE, T. AVSIC-ZUPANC, A. BORMANE, C. BURRI, L. GERN, I. GOLOVLJOVA, Z. HUBÁLEK, N. KNAP, M. KONDRUSIK, A. KUPCA, M. PEJČOCH, V. VASILENKO, M. ŽYGUTIENE: Variable spikes in tick-borne encephalitis incidence in 2006 independent of variable tick abundance but related to weather, Parasites Vectors 1 (2008) 1-18.
I. RUDOLF, Z. HUBÁLEK, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, P. ŠVEC: Opomíjené virové infekce přenášené hematofágními členovci v České republice, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2008) 80-89.
H. C. SCHOLZ, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. NESVADBOVÁ, H. TOMASO, G. VERGNAUD, P. LE FLECHE, A. M. WHATMORE, S. AL DAHOUK, M. KRÜGER, C. LODRI, M. PFEFFER: Isolation of Brucella microti from soil, Emerging Infectious Diseases 14 (2008) 1316-1317.
H. C. SCHOLZ, Z. HUBÁLEK, I. SEDLÁČEK, G. VERGNAUD, H. TOMASO, S. AL DAHOUK, F. MELZER, P. KÄMPFER, H. NEUBAUER, A. CLOECKAERT, M. MAQUART, M. S. ZYGMUNT, A. M. WHATMORE, E. FALSEN, P. BAHN, C. GÖLLNER, M. PFEFFER, B. HUBER, H.-J. BUSSE, K. NÖCKLER: Brucella microti sp. nov., isolated from the common vole Microtus arvalis, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 (2008) 375-382.
D. ŠUMILO, A. BORMANE, L. ASOKLIENE, V. VASILENKO, I. GOLOVLJOVA, T. AVSIC-ZUPANC, Z. HUBÁLEK, S. E. RANDOLPH: Socio-economic factors in the differential upsurge of tick-borne encephalitis in Central and Eastern Europe, Reviews in Medical Virology 18 (2008) 81-95.
2007N. A. HARTEMINK, S. A. DAVIS, P. REITER, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. A. P. HEESTERBEEK: Importance of bird-to-bird transmission for the establishment of West Nile virus, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7 (2007) 575-584.
Z. HUBÁLEK, H. SCHOLZ, I. SEDLÁČEK, F. MELZER, Y. SANOGO, J. NESVADBOVÁ: Brucellosis of the common vole (Microtus arvalis), Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7 (2007) 679-688.
S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, M. GOLOVCHENKO, N. RUDENKO, L. GRUBHOFFER, Z. HUBÁLEK: Detection of Anaplasma DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks: pitfalls, Folia Parasitologica 54 (2007) 310-312.
P. VAŠÍČKOVÁ, I. PŠIKAL, P. KRÁLÍK, F. WIDEN, Z. HUBÁLEK, I. PAVLÍK: Hepatitis E virus: a review, Veterinární medicína 52 (2007) 365-384.
2006P. HENEBERG, J. ŠÍREK, V. ŠKORPÍKOVÁ, K. ŠIMEČEK, J. ŠAFRÁNEK, D. MAZÁNEK, Z. HUBÁLEK, E. JEŘÁBKOVÁ: Overview of sand martin (Riparia riparia) localities in the Czech Republic, Linzer Biologische Beiträge 38 (2006) 1413-1447.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Ptačí chřipka a tažní ptáci, Crex - Zpravodaj Jihomoravské pobočky ČSO 26 (2006) 131-137.
Z. HUBÁLEK, L. LUKÁČOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, P. ŠIRŮČEK, J. JANUŠKA, J. PŘECECHTĚLOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA: Import of West Nile virus infection in the Czech Republic, European Journal of Epidemiology 21 (2006) 323-324.
Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF: Effect of forest clearing on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l, Medical and Veterinary Entomology 20 (2006) 166-172.
J. H. RAPPOLE, Z. HUBÁLEK: Birds and influenza H5N1 virus movement to and within North America, Emerging Infectious Diseases 12 (2006) 1486-1492.
D. STÜNZNER, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, I. WENDELIN, W. SIXL, E. MARTH: Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the tick Ixodes ricinus in the Styrian mountains of Austria, Wiener klinische Wochenschrift: the Middle European Journal of Medicine 118 (2006) 682-685.
2005T. BAKONYI, Z. HUBÁLEK, I. RUDOLF, N. NOWOTNY: Novel flavivirus or new lineage of West Nile Virus, central Europe, Emerging Infectious Diseases 11 (2005) 225-231.
Z. HUBÁLEK, H. BURDA, A. SCHARFF, G. HETH, E. NEVO, R. ŠUMBERA, J. PEŠKO, J. ZIMA: Emmonsiosis of subterranean rodents (Bathyergidae, Spalacidae) in Africa and Israel, Medical Mycology 43 (2005) 691-697.
Z. HUBÁLEK, K. HUDEC, J. VAČKAŘ: Přílet tažných ptáků na jižní Moravu v letech 1997-1999, Sylvia 41 (2005) 59-71.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Co-fluctuation among bird species in their migration timing, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 159-164.
Z. HUBÁLEK, P. ZEMAN, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, E. ŠŤOVÍČKOVÁ, H. BÁLKOVÁ, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF: Mosquitoborne viruses, Czech republic, 2002, Emerging Infectious Diseases 11 (2005) 116-118.
Z. HUBÁLEK: North Atlantic weather oscillation and human infectious diseases in the Czech Republic, 1951-2003, European Journal of Epidemiology 20 (2005) 263-270.
Z. HUBÁLEK, V. ŠKORPÍKOVÁ, D. HORAL: Avian botulism at a sugar beet processing plant in South Moravia (Czech Republic), Veterinární medicína 50 (2005) 443-445.
I. RUDOLF, M. GOLOVCHENKO, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, N. RUDENKO, L. GRUBHOFFER, Z. HUBÁLEK: Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in nymphal Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Czech Republic, Folia Parasitologica 52 (2005) 274-276.
2004Z. HUBÁLEK: An annotated checklist of pathogenic microorganisms associated with migratory birds, Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40 (2004) 639-659.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Global weather variability affects avian phenology: a long-term analysis, 1881-2001, Folia zoologica 53 (2004) 227-236.
Z. HUBÁLEK, P. ZEMAN, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, E. ŠŤOVÍČKOVÁ, H. BÁLKOVÁ, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF: Protilátky k virům přenosným komáry u středočeské populace z oblasti zasažené povodní v roce 2002, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2004) 112-120.
Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ: Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans, Medical and Veterinary Entomology 18 (2004) 228-231.
2003Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ: Host-seeking activity of ixodid ticks in relation to weather variables, Journal of Vector Ecology 28 (2003) 159-165.
Z. HUBÁLEK, B. KŘÍŽ: Západonilská horečka, Klinická mikrobiologie a infekční lékařství 9 (2003) 59-68.
Z. HUBÁLEK, D. STÜNZNER, J. HALOUZKA, W. SIXL, I. WENDELIN, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, Y. SANOGO: Prevalence of borreliae in ixodid ticks from a floodplain forest ecosystem, Wiener klinische Wochenschrift: the Middle European Journal of Medicine 115 (2003) 121-124.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Emerging human infectious diseases: anthroponoses, zoonoses, and sapronoses, Emerging Infectious Diseases 9 (2003) 403-404.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Protectants used in the cryopreservation of microorganisms, Cryobiology 46 (2003) 205-229.
Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ: Longitudinal surveillance of the tick Ixodes ricinus for borreliae, Medical and Veterinary Entomology 17 (2003) 46-51.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Spring migration of birds in relation to North Atlantic Oscillation, Folia zoologica 52 (2003) 287-298.
Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ: Borrelie v klíšťatech parazitujících na člověku a profylaxe lymské borreliózy, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2003) 13-17.
E. NOHÝNKOVÁ, J. KUBEK, O. MĚŠŤÁNKOVÁ, P. CHALUPA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Případ infekce Babesia microti importované do České republiky z USA, Časopis lékařů českých 142 (2003) 377-381.
J. H. RAPPOLE, Z. HUBÁLEK: Migratory birds and West Nile virus, Journal of Applied Microbiology 94 (2003) 47-58.
I. RUDOLF, Z. HUBÁLEK: Effect of the salivary gland and midgut extracts from Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari : Ixodidae) on the growth of Borrelia garinii in vitro, Folia Parasitologica 50 (2003) 159-160.
H. M. WEINGARTL, M. A. DREBOT, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, M. ANDONOVA, A. DIBERNARDO, C. COTTAM-BIRT, J. LARENCE, P. MARSZAL: Comparison of assays for the detection of West Nile virus antibodies in chicken serum, Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research-Revue Canadienne de Recherche Veterinaire 67 (2003) 128-132.
H. WEISSENBÖCK, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, A. PICHLMAIR, A. MADERNER, K. FRAGNER, J. KOLODZIEJEK, G. LOUPAL, S. KÖLBL, N. NOWOTNY: Screening for West Nile virus infections of susceptible animal species in Austria, Epidemiology and Infection 131 (2003) 1023-1027.
2002Z. HUBÁLEK: Infekční onemocnění podle zdroje nákazy: antroponózy, zoonózy a sapronózy, Klinická mikrobiologie a infekční lékařství 8 (2002) 160-163.
Z. HUBÁLEK, F. TREML, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, M. HUŇADY, J. HALOUZKA, V. JANÍK, D. BILL: Serological survey of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) for tularaemia and brucellosis in South Moravia, Czech Republic, Veterinární medicína 47 (2002) 60-66.
Z. JUŘICOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Serological survey for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in rodents and detection of spirochaetes in ticks and fleas in South Moravia (Czech Republic), Biologia 57 (2002) 383-387.
2001M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. NĚMEC, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA: Enzyme activities of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Folia Microbiologica 46 (2001) 179-182.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Seasonal variation of forest habitat preferences by birds in a lowland riverine ecosystem, Folia zoologica 50 (2001) 281-289.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Comparative symptomatology of West Nile fever, Lancet 358 (2001) 254-255.
F. TREML, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, M. HUŇADY, V. JANÍK: Analýza výskytu tularémie na okrese Břeclav v letech 1994-1999, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2001) 4-9.
2000J. A. HIGGINS, Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, K. L. ELKINS, A. SJOSTEDT, M. SHIPLEY, M. S. IBRAHIM: Detection of Francisella tularensis in infected mammals and vectors using a probe-based polymerase chain reaction, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 62 (2000) 310-318.
Z. HUBÁLEK: European experience with the West Nile Virus ecology and epidemiology: could it be relevant for the New World?, Viral Immunology 13 (2000) 415-426.
Z. HUBÁLEK, H. M. SAVAGE, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, Y. SANOGO, S. LUSK: West Nile Virus Investigations in South Moravia, Czechland, Viral Immunology 13 (2000) 427-433.
Z. HUBÁLEK: Measures of species diversity in ecology: an evaluation, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 241-260.
Z. JUŘICOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in game animals in South Moravia, Czech Republic, Veterinární medicína 45 (2000) 145-148.
J. H. RAPPOLE, S. R. DERRICKSON, Z. HUBÁLEK: Migratory birds and spread of West Nile virus in the Western Hemisphere, Emerging Infectious Diseases 6 (2000) 319-328.
Y. SANOGO, S. REIPERT, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK, M. NĚMEC: Isolation and morphological characterization of mosquito spirochetes from a lyme disease endemic area, New York Academy of Sciences. Annals 916 (2000) 672-675.
Y. SANOGO, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK, M. NĚMEC: Detection of spirochetes in, and isolation from, culicine mosquitoes, Folia Parasitologica 47 (2000) 79-80.
Y. SANOGO, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Spirochetes, including Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, in mosquitoes, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 62 (2000) 288-289.