RNDr. Ivo Rudolf, Ph.D.

Position: head
Research topics: molecular diagnostics of pathogens
Department: External research facility Valtice
Phone: +420 519 352 961
E-mail: rudolfbrno.cas.cz

Research interests

isolation and identification of microorganisms,

research on emerging infections,

molecular diagnostics of zoonotic pathogens in haematophagous arthropods and vertebrate hosts.

Finished projects

Diversity of cultivable microorganisms of ixodid ticks, recognized vectors of vertebrate pathogens

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.

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.

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.

K. VENCLÍKOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, J. MENDEL, L. BETÁŠOVÁ, Z. HUBÁLEK: Rickettsiae in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Czech Republic, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2013) .

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 (2013) .

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.

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.

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

V. JAROŠOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. v klíšťatech na ostravských haldách, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2009) 90-97.

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

L. BUŇKOVÁ, P. ŠVEC, J. HALOUZKA, I. RUDOLF, M. NĚMEC: Ribotyping and whole-cell protein analysis of spirochetes isolated from arthropods in the Czech Republic, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 15 (2008) 225-230.

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

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, 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

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.

2003

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.


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HOME NEWS AND PRESS RELEASE STRUCTURE OF IVB BOARD OF INSTITUTE AND SUPERVISORY BOARD RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND PROJECTS STAFF PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY BIENNIAL REPORT FOLIA ZOOLOGICA CONFERENCE LECTURE HALL	RNDr. Ivo Rudolf, Ph.D. Position: head Research topics: molecular diagnostics of pathogens Department: External research facility Valtice Phone: +420 519 352 961 E-mail: rudolfbrno.cas.cz Research interests isolation and identification of microorganisms, research on emerging infections, molecular diagnostics of zoonotic pathogens in haematophagous arthropods and vertebrate hosts. Finished projects Diversity of cultivable microorganisms of ixodid ticks, recognized vectors of vertebrate pathogens 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. 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. 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. K. VENCLÍKOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, J. MENDEL, L. BETÁŠOVÁ, Z. HUBÁLEK: Rickettsiae in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Czech Republic, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2013) . 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 (2013) . 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. 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. 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 V. JAROŠOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, J. HALOUZKA, Z. HUBÁLEK: Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. v klíšťatech na ostravských haldách, Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie (2009) 90-97. 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 L. BUŇKOVÁ, P. ŠVEC, J. HALOUZKA, I. RUDOLF, M. NĚMEC: Ribotyping and whole-cell protein analysis of spirochetes isolated from arthropods in the Czech Republic, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 15 (2008) 225-230. 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 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, 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 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. 2003 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.