PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
RESEARCH GROUP LEADER: Dr. Sándor Hornok, DSc, professor
CONTACT: [Click to see email]
RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:
Professors: Dr. Sándor Hornok, Dr. Róbert Farkas
Assistant professor: Dr. Sándor Szekeres
Veterinarian, PhD student: Dr. Barbara Tuska-Szalay
Veterinarian: Dr. Gergő Keve
Bio-engineer: Nóra Takács
Assistants: Mónika Gyurkovszky, Martin Horváth
RESEARCH AREAS:
Conventional, molecular and serological detections of parasitic infections of domestic and wild animals (e.g., ruminants, carnivores, birds, bats); Ecological, epidemiologial studies of vector-borne infections (e.g., ticks, mosquitoes, fleas).
MEMBERSHIPS:
Hungarian Society for Microbiology
Hungarian Society of Parasitologists
Hungarian Society of Zoonoses
Hungarian Society of Biology
Society for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology
International Society for Infectious Diseases
European Veterinary Parasitology College
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
LONG-TERM COLLABORATIONS:
Eotvos Lorand University, Faculty of Science, Hungary
Bird Ringing Station, Ócsa, Hungary
University of Pécs, Clinical Center, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Institute of Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Department of Physiology and Animal Health
Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, ELKH, Hungary
Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, ELKH, Hungary
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Utrecht University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the Netherlands
Natural History Museum, UK
Parasitological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
USDA Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USA
IREC, National Wildlife Research Institute, Spain
University of Zurich Vetsuisse Faculty, Switzerland
University of Milan, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Italy
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic
National Institute of Public Health and Environment, the Netherlands
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
Nantes-Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Nantes, France
SERVICES:
Conventional, serological and/or molecular detection of parasitic infections of veterinary importance, identification of parasites of veterinary and medical importance, detection of vectors-borne pathogens, laboratory rearing of arthropods of veterinary importance
GRANTS:
| Funding source | Project title and topic |
| NRDIO 115854 | The role of airborne and ground-bound dispersal in the epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens.
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| NRDIO 132794 | Host-vector-pathogen coevolution strategies: role of pathogens in shaping bat and bat-parasite population dynamics |
CONTRACTS:
Veterinarians, animal farms and agricultural enterprises.
