Institute of Parasitology

Biology Centre, ASCR, v.v.i.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Education

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RNDr. Bohumil Sak PhD.

Department:	Department of Medical and Veterinary Parasitology
Laboratory:	Laboratory of Opportunistic Parasites
Position:	Research scientist
Telephone 1:	5419
Telephone 2:
Email 1:	casio@paru.cas.cz
Email 2:
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Research interest

Opportunistic parasites including Microsporidia nad Cryptosporidia

Research priorities

Prevalence surveys and immunological experiments performed in vitro and in vivo

University Education

1994-2000 Faculty of Biological Sciencis, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (Bc., MSc.)

2006 Faculty of Biological Sciencis, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (RNDr.)

2002-2006 Faculty of Biological Sciencis, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (PhD.)

Scientific experience and professional development

Other activities

Supervisor of Bc. and MSc. students at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

Projects

Occurence of microsporidia on the pig farms (2007)

Immune response of mice to infection with different gastric cryptosporidia from mammals (2007-2009)

Zoonotic potencial of Cryptosporidium species infecting cattle and pigs (2007-2009)

Host specifity and morphological variability of pig cryptosporidia (2006)

Gastric cryptosporidia in mammals: variability and host specificity (2005-2007)

Curriculum vitae:

Recent publications:

KVÁČ M., SAK B., KVĚTOŇOVÁ D., DITRICH O., HOFMANNOVÁ L., MODRÝ D., VÍTOVEC J., XIAO L. (2008) Infectivity, pathogenicity, and genetic characteristics of mammalian gastric Cryptosporidium spp. in domestic ruminants. Veterinary Parasitology 153, 363- 367.

SAK B., KVÁČ M., HANZLÍKOVÁ D., CAMA V. (2008) First report of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection on a pig farm in the Czech Republic. Veterinary Parasitology 153, 220- 224.

JELÍNEK J., SALÁT J., SAK B., KOPECKÝ J. (2007) Effects of interferon gamma and specific polyclonal antibody on the infection of murine peritoneal macrophages and murine macrophage cell line PMJ2-R with Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Folia Parasitologica 54, 172- 176.

KAŠIČKOVÁ D., SAK B., KVÁČ M., DITRICH O. (2007) Detection of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in a new host — cockateel (Nymphicus hollandicus) using molecular methods. Parasitology Research 101, 1685- 1688.

KVÁČ M., ONDRÁČKOVÁ Z., KVĚTOŇOVÁ D., SAK B., VÍTOVEC J. (2007) Infectivity and pathogenicity of Cryptosporidium andersoni to a novel host, southern multimammate mouse (Mastomys coucha). Veterinary Parasitology 143, 229- 233.

SAK B., SALÁT J., HORKÁ H., SAKOVÁ K., DITRICH O. (2006) Antibodies enhance the protective effect of CD4+ T lymphocytes in SCID mice perorally infected with Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Parasite Immunology 28, 95- 99.

SAKOVÁ K., SAK B., DITRICH O., KVÁČ M. (2006) Humoral response of chicken infected with the microsporidium Encephalitozoon hellem. Parasitology Research 98, 488- 492.

SALÁT J., HORKÁ H., SAK B., KOPECKÝ J. (2006) Pure CD4+ T lymphocytes fail to protect perorally infected SCID mice from lethal microsporidiosis caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Parasitology Research 99, 682- 686.

VÍTOVEC J., HAMADEJOVÁ K., LANDOVÁ L., KVÁČ M., KVĚTOŇOVÁ D., SAK B. (2006) Prevalence and pathogenicity of Cryptosporidium suis in pre- and post-weaned pigs. Journal of Veterinary Medicine B 53, 239- 243.

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