Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D.

Position: research scientist
Research topics: primatology
Department: Department of Mammal Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 549
E-mail: petrzelkovaivb.cz

Projects

Ciliates of genus Troglodytella: pathogens or endosymbionts? Novel approach towards veterinary care and understanding digestion in apes

Feeding behaviour, parasite infections and self-medicative abilities of an introduced chimpanzee population, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania

Gastrointestinal ciliates and their role in digestion of great apes

Vliv zvýšeného kontaktu s člověkem na diverzitu a ekologii jednobuněčných parazitů afrických lidoopů

Publications

2012

S. V. BRANT, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, A. TODD, E. S. LOKER: Molecular phylogenetics of the elephant schistosome Bivitellobilharzia loxodontae (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from the Central African Republic, Journal of Helminthology (2012) .

M. JIRKŮ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, Z. HŮZOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, J. LUKEŠ: Detection of Plasmodium spp. in Human Feces, Emerging Infectious Diseases 18 (2012) 634-636.

K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, B. KALOUSOVÁ, M. JIRKŮ, R. M. SÁ, D. MODRÝ: Distribution of the Entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglocorys cava Tokiwa, Modrý, Ito, Pomajbíková, Petrželková, & Imai, 2010, (Entodiniomorphida: Blepharocorythidae) in wild and captive chimpanzees, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59 (2012) 97-99.

P. SMEJKALOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, I. ČEPIČKA: Extensive diversity of intestinal trichomonads of non-human primates, Parasitology 139 (2012) 92-102.

2011

K. ALBRECHTOVÁ, K. SEDLÁK, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. HLAVÁČ, A. D. MIHALCA, A. LESINGIRIAN, P. W. N. KANYARI, D. MODRÝ: Occurrence of filaria in domestic dogs of Samburu pastoralists in Northern Kenya and its associations with canine distemper, Veterinary Parasitology 182 (2011) 230-238.

T. KAUR, J. SINGH, M. A. HUFFMAN, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. TAYLOR, S. XU, F. E. DEWHIRST, B. J. PASTER, L. DEBRUYNE, P. VANDAMME, J. G. FOX: Campylobacter troglodytis sp. nov., isolated from feces of human-habituated wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77 (2011) 2366-2373.

J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, M. UZLÍKOVÁ, M. KOSTKA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. A. HUFFMAN, D. MODRÝ: Diversity and host specificity of Blastocystis in syntopic primates on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, International Journal for Parasitology 41 (2011) 1113-1120.

I. PROFOUSOVÁ, K. MIHALIKOVÁ, T. LAHO, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ: The ciliate, Troglodytella abrassarti, contributes to polysaccharide hydrolytic activities in the chimpanzee colon, Folia Microbiologica 56 (2011) .

I. PROFOUSOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Survival and morphologic changes of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in chimpanzee feces, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42 (2011) 69-74.

B. SAK, M. KVÁČ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, D. KVĚTOŇOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, M. MULAMA, J. KIYANG, D. MODRÝ: Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: evidence for zoonotic transmission?, Folia Parasitologica 58 (2011) 81-86.

P. ŠIROKÝ, J. ERHART, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER: Life cycle of tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium under laboratory conditions, Experimental and Applied Acarology 54 (2011) .

2010

J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, M. A. HUFFMAN, M. MAPUA, L. BOBÁKOVÁ, V. MAZOCH, J. SINGH, T. KAUR, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: Gastrointestinal Parasites of Indigenous and Introduced Primate Species of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 31 (2010) 920-936.

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, C. C. APPLETON, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. E. ARCHER, L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. MAPUA, J. SINGH, T. KAUR: Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 72 (2010) 307-316.

K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Discrepancies in the occurrence of Balantidium coli between wild and captive African great apes, Journal of Parasitology 96 (2010) 1139-1144.

K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: A survey of entodiniomorphid ciliates in chimpanzees and bonobos, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142 (2010) 42-48.

M. SLOBODA, A. D. MIHALCA, I. FALKA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. CARLSSON, I. GHIRA, D. MODRÝ: Are gobiid fish more susceptible to predation if parasitized by Eustrongylides excisus? An answer from robbed snakes, Ecological Research 25 (2010) 469-473.

T. TOKIWA, D. MODRÝ, A. ITO, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, S. IMAI: A new entodiniomorphid ciliate, Troglocorys cava n. g., n. sp., from the wild eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) from Uganda, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57 (2010) 115-120.

2009

S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, P. PRISTAŠ, M. PIKNOVÁ, K. NIGUTOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, K. SCHOVANCOVÁ, J. KAMLER, D. MODRÝ: Effects of high- and low-fiber diets on fecal fermentation and fecal microbial populations of captive chimpanzees, American Journal of Primatology 71 (2009) 548-557.

D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, T. TOKIWA, J. KŘÍŽEK, S. IMAI, P. VALLO, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. ŠLAPETA: The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56 (2009) 83-87.

2008

D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. JIRKŮ, P. KOUBEK: Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Gerbilliscus guineae Thomas (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal, Systematic Parasitology 71 (2008) 223-228.

2007

L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. H. ISSA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. KEULER, C. T. SNOWDON, M. A. HUFFMAN: Fruit availability, chimpanzee diet, and grouping patterns on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 69 (2007) 1-16.

2006

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. C. DOWNS, J. ZUKAL, P. A. RACEY: A comparison between emergence and return activity in pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus, Acta Chiropterologica 8 (2006) 381-390.

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, L. R. MOSCOVICE, T. KAUR, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN: Parasitic nematodes in the chimpanzee population on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 27 (2006) 767-777.

P. ŠIROKÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER, A. D. MIHALCA, D. MODRÝ: Hyalomma aegyptium as dominant tick in tortoises of the genus Testudo in Balkan countries, with notes on its host preferences, Experimental and Applied Acarology 40 (2006) 279-290.

2005

H. HASEGAWA, Y. IKEDA, A. FUJISAKI, L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, T. KAUR, M. A. HUFFMAN: Morphology of chimpanzee pinworms, Enterobius (Enterobius) anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae), collected from chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, on Rubondo island, Tanzania, Journal of Parasitology 91 (2005) 1314-1317.

2004

L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. T. SNOWDON, F. MBAGO, T. KAUR, J. SINGH, G. GRAZIANI: Role of lianas for introduced chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, Folia Primatologica 75 (2004) 308.

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. OBUCH, J. ZUKAL: Does the barn owl (Tyto alba) selectively predate individual great mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)?, Lynx 35 (2004) 123-132.

2003

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. ZUKAL: Does a live barn owl (Tyto alba) affect emergence behavior of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus)?, Acta Chiropterologica 5 (2003) 177-184.

R. TRNKA, R. MARVÁN, S. LHOTA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: "Malování" exkrementy a koprofagie u šimpanze učenlivého (Pan troglodytes) a dalších primátů - možné příčiny a vysvětlení, Gazella 30 (2003) 55-68.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA NEWS PRESS RELEASE CONFERENCE LINKS BIENNIAL REPORT	Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D. Position: research scientist Research topics: primatology Department: Department of Mammal Ecology Phone: +420 543 422 549 E-mail: petrzelkovaivb.cz Projects Ciliates of genus Troglodytella: pathogens or endosymbionts? Novel approach towards veterinary care and understanding digestion in apes Feeding behaviour, parasite infections and self-medicative abilities of an introduced chimpanzee population, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania Gastrointestinal ciliates and their role in digestion of great apes Vliv zvýšeného kontaktu s člověkem na diverzitu a ekologii jednobuněčných parazitů afrických lidoopů Publications 2012 S. V. BRANT, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, A. TODD, E. S. LOKER: Molecular phylogenetics of the elephant schistosome Bivitellobilharzia loxodontae (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from the Central African Republic, Journal of Helminthology (2012) . M. JIRKŮ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, Z. HŮZOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, J. LUKEŠ: Detection of Plasmodium spp. in Human Feces, Emerging Infectious Diseases 18 (2012) 634-636. K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, B. KALOUSOVÁ, M. JIRKŮ, R. M. SÁ, D. MODRÝ: Distribution of the Entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglocorys cava Tokiwa, Modrý, Ito, Pomajbíková, Petrželková, & Imai, 2010, (Entodiniomorphida: Blepharocorythidae) in wild and captive chimpanzees, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59 (2012) 97-99. P. SMEJKALOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, I. ČEPIČKA: Extensive diversity of intestinal trichomonads of non-human primates, Parasitology 139 (2012) 92-102. 2011 K. ALBRECHTOVÁ, K. SEDLÁK, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. HLAVÁČ, A. D. MIHALCA, A. LESINGIRIAN, P. W. N. KANYARI, D. MODRÝ: Occurrence of filaria in domestic dogs of Samburu pastoralists in Northern Kenya and its associations with canine distemper, Veterinary Parasitology 182 (2011) 230-238. T. KAUR, J. SINGH, M. A. HUFFMAN, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. TAYLOR, S. XU, F. E. DEWHIRST, B. J. PASTER, L. DEBRUYNE, P. VANDAMME, J. G. FOX: Campylobacter troglodytis sp. nov., isolated from feces of human-habituated wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77 (2011) 2366-2373. J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, M. UZLÍKOVÁ, M. KOSTKA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. A. HUFFMAN, D. MODRÝ: Diversity and host specificity of Blastocystis in syntopic primates on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, International Journal for Parasitology 41 (2011) 1113-1120. I. PROFOUSOVÁ, K. MIHALIKOVÁ, T. LAHO, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ: The ciliate, Troglodytella abrassarti, contributes to polysaccharide hydrolytic activities in the chimpanzee colon, Folia Microbiologica 56 (2011) . I. PROFOUSOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Survival and morphologic changes of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in chimpanzee feces, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42 (2011) 69-74. B. SAK, M. KVÁČ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, D. KVĚTOŇOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, M. MULAMA, J. KIYANG, D. MODRÝ: Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: evidence for zoonotic transmission?, Folia Parasitologica 58 (2011) 81-86. P. ŠIROKÝ, J. ERHART, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER: Life cycle of tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium under laboratory conditions, Experimental and Applied Acarology 54 (2011) . 2010 J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, M. A. HUFFMAN, M. MAPUA, L. BOBÁKOVÁ, V. MAZOCH, J. SINGH, T. KAUR, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: Gastrointestinal Parasites of Indigenous and Introduced Primate Species of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 31 (2010) 920-936. KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, C. C. APPLETON, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. E. ARCHER, L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. MAPUA, J. SINGH, T. KAUR: Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 72 (2010) 307-316. K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Discrepancies in the occurrence of Balantidium coli between wild and captive African great apes, Journal of Parasitology 96 (2010) 1139-1144. K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: A survey of entodiniomorphid ciliates in chimpanzees and bonobos, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142 (2010) 42-48. M. SLOBODA, A. D. MIHALCA, I. FALKA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. CARLSSON, I. GHIRA, D. MODRÝ: Are gobiid fish more susceptible to predation if parasitized by Eustrongylides excisus? An answer from robbed snakes, Ecological Research 25 (2010) 469-473. T. TOKIWA, D. MODRÝ, A. ITO, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, S. IMAI: A new entodiniomorphid ciliate, Troglocorys cava n. g., n. sp., from the wild eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) from Uganda, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57 (2010) 115-120. 2009 S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, P. PRISTAŠ, M. PIKNOVÁ, K. NIGUTOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, K. SCHOVANCOVÁ, J. KAMLER, D. MODRÝ: Effects of high- and low-fiber diets on fecal fermentation and fecal microbial populations of captive chimpanzees, American Journal of Primatology 71 (2009) 548-557. D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, T. TOKIWA, J. KŘÍŽEK, S. IMAI, P. VALLO, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. ŠLAPETA: The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56 (2009) 83-87. 2008 D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. JIRKŮ, P. KOUBEK: Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Gerbilliscus guineae Thomas (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal, Systematic Parasitology 71 (2008) 223-228. 2007 L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. H. ISSA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. KEULER, C. T. SNOWDON, M. A. HUFFMAN: Fruit availability, chimpanzee diet, and grouping patterns on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 69 (2007) 1-16. 2006 KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. C. DOWNS, J. ZUKAL, P. A. RACEY: A comparison between emergence and return activity in pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus, Acta Chiropterologica 8 (2006) 381-390. KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, L. R. MOSCOVICE, T. KAUR, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN: Parasitic nematodes in the chimpanzee population on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 27 (2006) 767-777. P. ŠIROKÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER, A. D. MIHALCA, D. MODRÝ: Hyalomma aegyptium as dominant tick in tortoises of the genus Testudo in Balkan countries, with notes on its host preferences, Experimental and Applied Acarology 40 (2006) 279-290. 2005 H. HASEGAWA, Y. IKEDA, A. FUJISAKI, L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, T. KAUR, M. A. HUFFMAN: Morphology of chimpanzee pinworms, Enterobius (Enterobius) anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae), collected from chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, on Rubondo island, Tanzania, Journal of Parasitology 91 (2005) 1314-1317. 2004 L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. T. SNOWDON, F. MBAGO, T. KAUR, J. SINGH, G. GRAZIANI: Role of lianas for introduced chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, Folia Primatologica 75 (2004) 308. KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. OBUCH, J. ZUKAL: Does the barn owl (Tyto alba) selectively predate individual great mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)?, Lynx 35 (2004) 123-132. 2003 KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. ZUKAL: Does a live barn owl (Tyto alba) affect emergence behavior of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus)?, Acta Chiropterologica 5 (2003) 177-184. R. TRNKA, R. MARVÁN, S. LHOTA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: "Malování" exkrementy a koprofagie u šimpanze učenlivého (Pan troglodytes) a dalších primátů - možné příčiny a vysvětlení, Gazella 30 (2003) 55-68.