RESEARCH GROUP LEADER: Dr. Róbert Farkas DSc, professor
CONTACT: [Click to see email]
RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:
Professor: Dr. Róbert Farkas
Associate professors: Dr. Sándor Hornok, Dr. Gábor Földvári
Senior research fellow: Dr. Gábor Majoros
Veterinarian: Nóra Takács, Dr. Barbara Flaisz
Bio-engineer: Dr. Alexandra Juhász
PhD-students: Krisztina Szőke
Assistants: Mónika Gyurkovszky
RESEARCH AREAS:
Conventional, molecular and serological detections of parasitic infections of domestic and wild animals; Ecological and epidemiologial studies of vector-borne infections (e.g. ticks, mosquitoes, fleas); Studies on parasitic nematodes, flat worms, molluscan intermediate hosts
MEMBERSHIPS:
Hungarian Society for Microbiology
Hungarian Society of Parasitologists
Hungarian Society of Zoonoses
Society for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology
International Society for Infectious Diseases
European Veterinary Parasitology College
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
European Society of Dirofilariosis and Angiostrongylosis
World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
LONG-TERM COLLABORATIONS:
Eotvos Lorand University, Faculty of Science, Hungary
Centre for Agricultural Research, Veterinary Medical Research of HAS, Hungary
Centre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, 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
Kingston University London, School of Life Sciences, UK
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
SERVICES:
conventional, serological and/or molecular detection of parasitic infections of veterinary importance
identification of parasites of veterinary and medical importance
in vitro and in vivo studies on the efficacy of antiparasitic drugs (insecticides, acaricides, anthelmintics)
detection of vectors-borne pathogens
laboratory rearing of arthropods of veterinary importance
GRANTS:
| Funding source | Project title and topic |
| OTKA 115854 National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary (NRDIO) | The role of airborne and ground-bound dispersal in the epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens.
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CONTRACTS:
Companies of microbiology, biochemistry and gene technology, foreign and Hungarian pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors, animal farms and enterprises
