ISSN 2454-0021
Parazitológia
Vojtech Boldiš, František Ondriska, Daniela Antolová, Martina Miterpáková, Marcela Bastlová, Jakub Steinhübel
Dirofilariasis caused by the filarial nematode Dirofilaria repens is mainly a disease of dogs. Humans can also be accidentally infected. Mosquitoes transmit the infective larvae....
Molecular diagnostic of Cryptosporidium parvum in a patient from Slovakia
Kristína Mravcová, Gabriela Štrkolcová, Rastislav Mucha, Mária Goldová
Cryptosporidiosis is a significant cause of diarrhoea in animals and humans throughout the world. It presents a severe health risk, especially to children living in...
Epidemiology of dirofilariosis in Slovakia
Martina Miterpáková, František Ondriska, Daniela Antolová, Vojtech Boldiš
Human dirofilariosis, a mosquito-borne infection caused by Dirofilaria nematodes, is currently considered to be an emerging zoonosis in the territory of the Central Europe. Climate...
Alveolar echinococcosis in Slovakia
Daniela Antolová, Martina Miterpáková, Róbert Rosoľanka, Júlia Jarošová, Miroslava Fecková, František Ondriska
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by small tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis belongs among the most severe parasitic diseases transmissible between animals and humans. The disease is characterized...
Globally, especially climate and social changes, increasing tourism bring an extraordinary risk of importing parasitosis from the tropics and subtropics, including the possibility of permanent...
Four hundred twenty-three ticks that had fed on humans were tested for the presence of tick-borne pathogens. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. was 17.2...
It is not always easy to remove a bitten tick safely and correctly. The recommended quick method of removing it is with a damp cotton...
Tick bite preference of Ixodes ricinus tick in the human
Blažena Vargová, Terézia Trepáčová, Dominika Bubánová, Viktória Majláthová, Igor Majláth, Branislav Peťko
The work deals with the preference of the place of attachment of the common tick on the human body. Approximately a quarter of the young...
Amphizoic amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba are causative agents of severe human infections (granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, Acanthamoeba keratitis) with problematic therapy. The cytotoxic effect of...