ecology of zoonotic pathogens and their vertebrate hosts.
Running projects
EDENext (Biology and Control of Vector-borne Infections in Europe)
EuroWestNile (European West Nile Collaborative Project)
VBORNET (European Network for Arthropod Vector Surveillance for Human Public Health)
Finished projects
Publications
2013
T. BAKONYI, J. KOLODZIEJEK, I. RUDOLF, R. BERČIČ, N. NOWOTNY, Z. HUBÁLEK: Partial genetic characterization of Sedlec virus (Orthobunyavirus, Bunyaviridae), Infection, Genetics and Evolution (2013) 244-249.
E. BOCKOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, A. KOČIŠOVÁ, L. BETÁŠOVÁ, K. VENCLÍKOVÁ, J. MENDEL, Z. HUBÁLEK: Dirofilaria repens microfilariae in Aedes vexans mosquitoes in Slovakia, Parasitology Research 112 (2013) 3465-3470.
J. O. RUSHTON, S. LECOLLINET, Z. HUBÁLEK, P. SVOBODOVÁ, H. LUSSY, N. NOWOTNY: Tick-borne encephalitis virus in horses, Austria, 2011, Emerging Infectious Diseases 19 (2013) 635-637.
I. SEDLÁČEK, P. HOLOCHOVÁ, I. MAŠLAŇOVÁ, M. KOSINA, C. SPRÖER, H. BRYNDOVÁ, P. VANDAMME, I. RUDOLF, Z. HUBÁLEK, P. ŠVEC: Enterococcus ureilyticus sp. nov. and Enterococcus rotai sp. nov., two urease-producing enterococci from the environment, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63 (2013) 502-510.
2012
M. T. ALIOTA, S. A. JONES, A. P. DUPUIS, A. T. CIOTA, Z. HUBÁLEK, L. D. KRAMER: Characterization of Rabensburg virus, a flavivirus closely related to West Nile virus of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic group, PLoS ONE 7 (2012) .
Z. HUBÁLEK, I. RUDOLF: Tick-borne viruses in Europe, Parasitology Research 111 (2012) 9-36.
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.
D. RICHTER, A. DEBSKI, Z. HUBÁLEK, F.-R. MATUSCHKA: Absence of Lyme disease spirochetes in larval ixodes ricinus ticks, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 12 (2012) 21-27.
O. ŠEBESTA, I. RUDOLF, L. BETÁŠOVÁ, J. PEŠKO, Z. HUBÁLEK: An invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus found in the Czech Republic, 2012, Eurosurveillance 17 (2012) 20301.
2011
Z. HUBÁLEK, B. KŘÍŽ, J. HALOUZKA: Serologic survey of humans for Flavivirus West Nile in southern Moravia (Czech Republic), Central European Journal of Public Health 19 (2011) 131-133.
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.
P. ŠIROKÝ, M. KUBELOVÁ, M. BEDNÁŘ, D. MODRÝ, Z. HUBÁLEK, E. TKADLEC: The distribution and spreading pattern of Dermacentor reticulatus over its threshold area in the Czech Republic—How much is range of this vector expanding?, Veterinary Parasitology 183 (2011) 130-135.
2010
P. 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 central 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.
N. MARTÍNKOVÁ, P. BAČKOR, T. BARTONIČKA, P. BLAŽKOVÁ, J. ČERVENÝ, L. FALTEISEK, J. GAISLER, V. HANZAL, D. HORÁČEK, Z. HUBÁLEK, H. JAHELKOVÁ, M. KOLAŘÍK, Ľ. KORYTÁR, A. KUBÁTOVÁ, B. LEHOTSKÁ, R. LEHOTSKÝ, R. K. LUČAN, O. MÁJEK, J. MATĚJŮ, Z. ŘEHÁK, J. ŠAFÁŘ, P. TÁJEK, E. TKADLEC, M. UHRIN, J. WAGNER, D. WEINFURTOVÁ, J. ZIMA, J. ZUKAL, I. HORÁČEK: Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, PLoS ONE 5 (2010) .
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.
S. E. RANDOLPH, P. ANDA, T. AVSIC-ZUPANC, A. BORMANE, L. EGYED, E. FERENCZI, A. L. GARCÍA-PÉREZ, L. GERN, Z. HUBÁLEK, M. KAZIMÍROVÁ, M. KONDRUSIK, K. PFISTER, A. RIZZOLI, V. VASILENKO, A. VLADIMIRESCU, M. ŽYGUTIENE: Human activities predominate in determining changing incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in Europe, Eurosurveillance 15 (2010) 24-31.
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.
2009
Z. 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.
2008
J. 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, 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.
2007
N. 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.
2006
P. 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.
2005
T. 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.
2004
Z. 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.
2003
Z. 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.