Institute of Parasitology

Biology Centre, ASCR, v.v.i.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

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Prof.RNDr. Tomáš Scholz CSc.

Department:	Department of Helminthology
Laboratory:	Laboratory of Parasitic Flatworms
Position:	Research scientist
Telephone 1:	5403
Telephone 2:	5431
Email 1:	tscholz@paru.cas.cz
Email 2:
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Research Areas:

· Helminth parasites of fish
· Taxonomy and biology (life cycles) of fish tapeworms (Cestoda)
· Taxonomy and biology of trematodes (Digenea)
· Helminths parasitizing fish in the Neotropics
· Fish-borne human parasitoses (small fluke intestinal infections)

Curriculum vitae:

University Education

· 1984 - graduated (MSc.) at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
· 1985-1988 - PhD. study at the Institute of Parasitology of the then Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in České Budějovice
· 1989 - PhD thesis "Tapeworms of fishes of Czechoslovakia and biology of some species"
· 1999 - Associate Professor of Parasitology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice

Research Activities and Stays Abroad

· 1989 - four-month-stay in Laos; studies on fish-borne parasitic diseases of humans (Opisthorchis viverrini and heterophyid trematodes)
· 1990-1998 - Acting Editor of the international journal Folia Parasitologica (impact factor 0.97 in 1996)
· 1991 - one-month-stay in Italy (Rome, Sardinia); helminths of freshwater and marine fishes
· 1993-1994 - one-year-stay at the Centre for Investigation and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN) Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico (visiting professor and head of Fish Pathology Group); taxonomy and biology of fish helminths, in particular trematodes.
· 1994-1998 - short stays in Switzerland (Natural History Museum, Geneva) and France (University of Montpellier, Sete; INRA Thonon); biology and taxonomy of tapeworms of fish and elasmobranchs
· 1998-1999 - one-year-stay at CINVESTAV-IPN Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico (visiting professor); taxonomy and life-cycles of fish helminths

Other activities

· Lecturer in international courses on fish parasites, especially on biology, morphology and taxonomy of fish cestodes and trematodes (Czech Republic, Austria, Mexico, USA).
· Lectures and practical courses of "Biology of Helminths" for students of parasitology at the Faculty of Biology, South Bohemian University, České Budějovice.
· Scientific Council of the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (since 2000 head of the Council).
· Committee for Postgraduate Studies in Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, and Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice.
· Editorial Boards of Folia Parasitologica (Czech Republic) and Korean Journal of Parasitology.

Recent publications:

BOUZID W., ŠTEFKA J., HYPŠA V., LEK S., SCHOLZ T., LEGAL L., BEN HASSINE O. K., LOOT G. (2008) Geography and host specificity: Two forces behind the genetic structure of the freshwater fish parasite Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae). International Journal for Parasitology 38, 1465- 1479.

DE CHAMBRIER A., MARIAUX J., SÈNE A., MAHMOUD Z.N., SCHOLZ T. (2008) Sandonella sandoni (Lynsdale, 1960), an enigmatic and morphologically unique cestode parasitic in the osteoglossiform fish Heterotis niloticus in Africa. Journal of Parasitology 94, 202- 211.

DE CHAMBRIER A., SCHOLZ T. (2008) Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) of firewood catfish Sorubimichthys planiceps (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Amazon River. Folia Parasitologica 55, 17- 28.

KUCHTA R., SCHOLZ T. (2008) A new triaenophorid tapeworm from blackfish Centrolophus niger. Journal of Parasitology 94, 500- 504.

KUCHTA R., SCHOLZ T., BRABEC J., BRAY R.A. (2008) Suppression of the tapeworm order Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) and the proposal of two new orders, Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea. International Journal for Parasitology 38, 49- 55.

KUCHTA R., SCHOLZ T., BRABEC J., JIRSOVÁ D., GUSTINELLI A. (2008) Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) from the blackfish, Centrolophus niger (Perciformes: Centrolophidae). Folia Parasitologica 55, 111- 121.

KUCHTA R., SCHOLZ T., BRAY R.A. (2008) Revision of the order Bothriocephalidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008 (Eucestoda) with amended generic diagnoses and keys to families and genera. Systematic Parasitology 71, 81- 136.

LEVRON C., PODDUBNAYA L.G., KUCHTA R., FREEMAN M., SCHOLZ T. (2008) Ultrastructure of the tegument of the cestode Paraechinophallus japonicus (Pseudophyllidea: Echinophallidae), a parasite of the bathypelagic fish Psenopsis anomala. Invertebrate Biology 127, 153- 161.

LEVRON C., PODDUBNAYA L.G., KUCHTA R., FREEMAN M., WANG Y.-H. SCHOLZ T. (2008) SEM and TEM study of the armed male terminal genitalia of the tapeworm Paraechinophallus japonicus (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea). Journal of Parasitology 94, 803- 810.

LEVRON C., SCHOLZ T., DEZFULI B.S. (2008) Ultrastructure of microtriches on the scolex of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Cestoda: Spathebothriidea). Folia Parasitologica 55, 309- 312.

MORAVEC F., SCHOLZ T., KUCHTA R., GRYGIER M.J. (2008) Female morphology of Philometra parasiluri (Nematoda, Philometridae), an ocular parasite of the Amur catfish Silurus asotus in Japan. Acta Parasitologica 53, 153- 157.

OLSON P.D., PODDUBNAYA L.G., LITTLEWOOD D.T.J., SCHOLZ T. (2008) On the position of Archigetes and its bearing on the early evolution of tapeworms. Journal of Parasitology 94, 898- 904.

OROS M., HANZELOVÁ V., SCHOLZ T., MACKIEWICZ J.S. (2008) Phylogenetic relationships of the monozoic tapeworms (Eucestoda: Caryophyllidea) inferred from morphological characters. Systematic Parasitology 70, 1- 14.

ORTEGA-OLIVARES M.P., BARRERA-GUZMÁN A.O., HAASOVÁ I., SALGADO-MALDONADO G., GUILLÉN-HERNÁNDEZ S., SCHOLZ T. (2008) Tapeworms (Cestoda: Gryporhynchidae) of fish-eating birds (Ciconiiformes) from Mexico: new host and geographical records. Comparative Parasitology 75, 182- 195.

PODDUBNAYA L.G., SCHOLZ T., KUCHTA R., LEVRON C., GIBSON D.I. (2008) Ultrastructure of the surface structures and secretory glands of the rosette attachment organ of Gyrocotyle urna (Cestoda: Gyrocotylidea). Folia Parasitologica 55, 207- 218.

SCHOLZ T., BOANE C., SARAIVA A. (2008) New metacestodes of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758) from Mozambique, Africa. Comparative Parasitology 75, 315- 320.

SCHOLZ T., DE CHAMBRIER A., KUCHTA R. (2008) Redescription of the tapeworm Monticellia amazonica de Chambrier et Vaucher, 1997 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of Calophysus macropterus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), from the Amazon River. Acta Parasitologica 53, 30- 35.

WICHT B., SCHOLZ T., PEDUZZI R., KUCHTA R. (2008) First record of human infection with the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense in North America. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78, 235- 238.

BEAN M.G., ŠKEŘÍKOVÁ A., BONNER T.H., SCHOLZ T., HUFFMAN D.G. (2007) First record of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) in the Rio Grande with comparative analysis of ITS2 and V4-18S rRNA gene sequences. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 19, 71- 76.

DE CHAMBRIER A., SCHOLZ T., BELETEU M., MAHMOUD Z.N. (2007) Redescription of Proteocephalus sulcatus (Klaptocz, 1906) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a poorly known parasite of Clarotes laticeps (Pisces: Siluriformes) in the Sudan. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 114, 693- 702.

KUCHTA R., VLČKOVÁ R., PODDUBNAYA L.., GUSTINELLI A., DZIKA E., SCHOLZ T. (2007) Invalidity of three Palaearctic species of Triaenophorus tapeworms (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): evidence from morphometric analysis of scolex hooks. Folia Parasitologica 54, 34- 42.

LEVRON C., PODDUBNAYA L.G., KUCHTA R., FREEMAN M., SCHOLZ T. (2007) Vitellogenesis and vitelline system in the pseudophyllidean tapeworm Paraechinophallus japonicus: ultrastructural and cytochemical studies. Folia Parasitologica 54, 43- 50.

PODDUBNAYA L.G., SCHOLZ T., KUCHTA R., LEVRON C., BRUŇANSKÁ M. (2007) Ultrastructure of the proglottid tegument (neodermis) of the cestode Echinophallus wageneri (Pseudophyllidea: Echinophallidae), a parasite of the bathypelagic fish Centrolophus niger. Parasitology Research 101, 373- 383.

PODDUBNAYA L.G., SCHOLZ T., LEVRON C., KUCHTA R., GIBSON D.I. (2007) Frontal glands in the pseudoscolex of Paraechinophallus japonicus (Yamaguti, 1934) (Cestoda, Bothriocephalidea, Echinophallidae). Acta Parasitologica 52, 325- 334.

SANTOS C.P., SIMÕES S.B.E., BARBOSA H.S., SCHOLZ T. (2007) Redescription of Ascocotyle (Ascocotyle) felippei Travassos, 1928 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) with new synonymies. Journal of Parasitology 93, 1468- 1475.

SCHOLZ T., HANZELOVÁ V., ŠKEŘÍKOVÁ A., SHIMAZU T., ROLBIECKI L. (2007) An annotated list of species of the Proteocephalus Weinland, 1858 aggregate sensu de Chambrier et al. (2004) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), parasites of fishes in the Palaearctic Region, their phylogenetic relationships and a key to their identificatio Systematic Parasitology 67, 139- 156.

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