Mgr. Silvie Šikutová, Ph.D.

Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: ecology of arthropod vectors
Department: External research facility Valtice
Phone: +420 519 352 961
E-mail: sikutovabrno.cas.cz

Research intersts

  • zoonoses research based on microbiological, molecular and immunological approach,
  • ecology of arthropod vectors.

    Publications

    2014

    S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, L. BUŇKOVÁ, E. KREJČÍ, J. HALOUZKA, Y. O. SANOGO, I. RUDOLF: Selected phenotypic features of BR91, a unique spirochaetal strainisolated from the Culex pipiens mosquito, Microbiological Research (2014) .


    2013

    Z. HUBÁLEK, E. LUDVÍKOVÁ, P. JAHN, F. TREML, I. RUDOLF, P. SVOBODOVÁ, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, L. BETÁŠOVÁ, J. BÍREŠ, M. MOJŽÍŠ, M. TINÁK, M. BOLDIŽÁR, G. CITSOŇOVÁ, Z. STAŠŠÍKOVÁ: West Nile virus equine serosurvey in the Czech and Slovak Republics, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 13 (2013) 733-738.


    2012

    J. KONVALINOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, Z. HUBÁLEK, V. SVOBODOVÁ, M. SVOBODA: Contribution to canine babesiosis in the Czech Republic, Acta veterinaria Brno 81 (2012) 91-95.


    2011

    E. JOURDAIN, B. OLSEN, A. LUNDKVIST, Z. HUBÁLEK, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. WALDENSTRÖM, M. KARLSSON, M. WAHLSTRÖM, M. JOZAN, K. I. FALK: Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Wild Birds from Northern Europe, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11 (2011) 77-79.


    2010

    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 central Europe, Journal of Medical Entomology 47 (2010) 466-472.

    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.

    S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, J. MENDEL, J. KNOZ, I. RUDOLF: Novel spirochetes isolated from mosquitoes and black flies in the Czech Republic, Journal of Vector Ecology 35 (2010) 50-55.


    2009

    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.

    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.

    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.


    2008

    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.

    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.

    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.

    I. RUDOLF, Z. HUBÁLEK, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, P. ŠVEC: Opomíjené virové infekce přenášené hematofágními členovci v České republice, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2008) 80-89.


    2007

    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.


    2006

    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.


    2005

    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.

    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.


    2004

    L. ČECHOVÁ, E. DURNOVÁ, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, M. NĚMEC: Characterization of spirochetal isolates from arthropods collected in South Moravia, Czech Republic, using fatty acid methyl esters analysis, Journal of Chromatography B-Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences 808 (2004) 249-254.

    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.

    S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, V. BARUŠ: Mermithid nematode parasitizing in Tabanidae (Diptera) in South Moravia, Czech Republic, Helminthologia 41 (2004) 113-114.