Liu G, Tan W, Wang H, Han X, Hornok S, Zhao S, Mi L, Wang S, Yang M, Wang Y. (2024) The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) as a host for tick species in Gurbantunggut Desert. Parasites and Vectors 17: 1 Paper: 55, 7 p.
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Fedorov D, Hornok S. (2024) Checklist of hosts, illustrated geographical range, and ecology of tick species from the genus Ixodes (Acari, Ixodidae) in Russia and other post-Soviet countries.
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Hornok S, Kontschán J, Takács N, Heyne H, Kovács ÁB, Plantard O, Halajian A et al. (2023). Molecular-phylogenetic analyses of Ixodes species from South Africa suggest an African origin of bird-associated exophilic ticks (subgenus Trichotoixodes). Parasites and Vectors 16(1). http://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05998-5
Balmos OM, Supeanu Tamba, P, Horvath C, Panait LC, Sandor AD, Cazan CD, Ungur A, Motiu M, Manita FA, Ancuceanu BC, Barbuceanu F, Dhollander S, Mihalca, AD. African Swine Fever Virus Load in Hematophagous Dipterans Collected in Outbreaks from Romania: Risk Factors and Implications. Transbound and Emer. 2023 Feb Paper: 3548109, 9 p. doi: 10.1155/2023/3548109
Hornok S, Cini Bruno AM, Takács N, Keve G, Sándor AD, Kontschán J. An update on the occurrence of flies (Diptera: Muscidae, Calliphoridae) and sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) of veterinary importance in Malta: First record of Lucilia cuprina and Linognathus africanus. Front Vet Sci. 2023 Mar 14;10:1143800. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1143800.
Ivan T, Matei IA, Novac CȘ, Kalmár Z, Borșan SD, Panait LC, Gherman CM, Ionică AM, Papuc I, Mihalca AD. Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia spp. Diversity in Ticks and the First Report of Rickettsia hoogstraalii in Romania. Vet Sci. 2022 Jul 8;9(7):343. doi: 10.3390/vetsci9070343.
Matei IA, Ionică AM, Corduneanu A, Domșa C, Sándor AD. The Presence of Ehrlichia Canis in Rhipicephalus Bursa Ticks Collected from Ungulates in Continental Eastern Europe. J Vet Res. 2021 Sep 23;65(3):271-275. doi: 10.2478/jvetres-2021-0044.
Tuska-Szalay B, Vizi Z, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Vajdovich P, Takács N, Meli ML, Farkas R, Stummer-Knyihár V, Jerzsele Á, Kontschán J, Szekeres S, Hornok S. Babesia gibsoni emerging with high prevalence and co-infections in "fighting dogs" in Hungary. Curr Res Parasitol Vector Borne Dis. 2021 Sep 24;1:100048. doi: 10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100048.
Hornok S, Takács N, Szekeres S, Szőke K, Kontschán J, Horváth G, Sugár L. DNA of Theileria orientalis, T. equi and T. capreoli in stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans). Parasit Vectors. 2020 Apr 9;13(1):186. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04041-1.
Mihalca AD, Păstrav IR, Sándor AD, Deak G, Gherman CM, Sarmaşi A, Votýpka J. First report of the dog louse fly Hippobosca longipennis in Romania. Med Vet Entomol. 2019 Dec;33(4):530-535. doi: 10.1111/mve.12395.
Zeb J, Szekeres S, Takács N, Kontschán J, Shams S, Ayaz S, Hornok S. Genetic diversity, piroplasms and trypanosomes in Rhipicephalus microplus and Hyalomma anatolicum collected from cattle in northern Pakistan. Exp Appl Acarol. 2019 Oct;79(2):233-243. doi: 10.1007/s10493-019-00418-9.
Hornok S, Horváth G, Takács N, Kontschán J, Szőke K, Farkas R. Molecular identification of badger-associated Babesia sp. DNA in dogs: updated phylogeny of piroplasms infecting Caniformia. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Apr 11;11(1):235. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2794-8.
Hornok S, Grima A, Takács N, Kontschán J. Infestation of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato on cats in Malta. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Jul;9(5):1120-1124. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.04.007.
Hornok S, Horváth G, Takács N, Farkas R, Szőke K, Kontschán J. Molecular evidence of a badger-associated Ehrlichia sp., a Candidatus Neoehrlichia lotoris-like genotype and Anaplasma marginale in dogs. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Jul;9(5):1302-1309. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.05.012.
Hornok S, Baneth G, Grima A, Takács N, Kontschán J, Meli ML, Suter V, Salant H, Farkas R, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Molecular investigations of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) provide the first evidence of Rickettsia felis in Malta and Candidatus Rickettsia senegalensis in Israel. New Microbes New Infect. 2018 May 22;25:3-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.05.001.
Matei IA, D'Amico G, Yao PK, Ionică AM, Kanyari PW, Daskalaki AA, Dumitrache MO, Sándor AD, Gherman CM, Qablan M, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys infection in free-roaming dogs and ticks from Kenya and Ivory Coast. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Mar 16;9:157. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1443-3.
Hornok S, Szőke K, Kováts D, Estók P, Görföl T, Boldogh SA, Takács N, Kontschán J, Földvári G, Barti L, Corduneanu A, Sándor AD. DNA of Piroplasms of Ruminants and Dogs in Ixodid Bat Ticks. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 8;11(12):e0167735. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167735.
D'Amico G, Dumitrache MO, Široký P, Albrechtová K, Sloboda M, Domşa C, Sándor AD, Balázsi R, Kanyari PW, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. Altitudinal and seasonal differences of tick communities in dogs from pastoralist tribes of Northern Kenya. Vet Parasitol. 2015 Sep 15;212(3-4):318-23. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.08.025.
Hornok S, Fedák A, Baska F, Basso W, Dencső L, Tóth G, Szeredi L, Abonyi T, Dénes B. Vector-borne transmission of Besnoitia besnoiti by blood-sucking and secretophagous flies: epidemiological and clinicopathological implications. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Sep 4;8:450. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1058-0.
Hornok S, Takács N, Kontschán J, György Z, Micsutka A, Iceton S, Flaisz B, Farkas R, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Diversity of Haemaphysalis-associated piroplasms of ruminants in Central-Eastern Europe, Hungary. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Dec 9;8:627. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1236-0.
Sándor AD, Dumitrache MO, D'Amico G, Kiss BJ, Mihalca AD. Rhipicephalus rossicus and not R. sanguineus is the dominant tick species of dogs in the wetlands of the Danube Delta, Romania. Vet Parasitol. 2014 Aug 29;204(3-4):430-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.05.005.
Dumitrache MO, Kiss B, Dantas-Torres F, Latrofa MS, D'Amico G, Sándor AD, Mihalca AD. Seasonal dynamics of Rhipicephalus rossicus attacking domestic dogs from the steppic region of southeastern Romania. Parasit Vectors. 2014 Mar 10;7:97. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-97.
Hornok S, Fedák A, Baska F, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Basso W. Bovine besnoitiosis emerging in Central-Eastern Europe, Hungary. Parasit Vectors. 2014 Jan 13;7:20. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-20.
Hornok S, Mester A, Takács N, Fernández de Mera IG, de la Fuente J, Farkas R. Re-emergence of bovine piroplasmosis in Hungary: has the etiological role of Babesia divergens been taken over by B. major and Theileria buffeli? Parasit Vectors. 2014 Sep 11;7:434. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-434.
Hornok S, Abichu G, Meli ML, Tánczos B, Sulyok KM, Gyuranecz M, Gönczi E, Farkas R, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Influence of the biotope on the tick infestation of cattle and on the tick-borne pathogen repertoire of cattle ticks in Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 23;9(9):e106452. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106452.
Sulyok KM, Hornok S, Abichu G, Erdélyi K, Gyuranecz M. Identification of novel Coxiella burnetii genotypes from Ethiopian ticks. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 25;9(11):e113213. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113213.
Farkas R, Tánczos B, Gyurkovszky M, Földvári G, Solymosi N, Edelhofer R, Hornok S. Serological and molecular detection of Theileria equi infection in horses in Hungary. Vet Parasitol. 2013 Feb 18;192(1-3):143-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.09.035.
Hornok S, Tánczos B, Fernández de Mera IG, de la Fuente J, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Farkas R. High prevalence of Hepatozoon-infection among shepherd dogs in a region considered to be free of Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Vet Parasitol. 2013 Sep 1;196(1-2):189-93. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.02.009.
Hornok S, Dénes B, Meli ML, Tánczos B, Fekete L, Gyuranecz M, de la Fuente J, de Mera IG, Farkas R, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Non-pet dogs as sentinels and potential synanthropic reservoirs of tick-borne and zoonotic bacteria. Vet Microbiol. 2013 Dec 27;167(3-4):700-3. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.08.011.
Dumitrache MO, Gherman CM, Cozma V, Mircean V, Györke A, Sándor AD, Mihalca AD. Hard ticks (Ixodidae) in Romania: surveillance, host associations, and possible risks for tick-borne diseases. Parasitol Res. 2012 May;110(5):2067-70. doi: 10.1007/s00436-011-2703-y.
Mihalca AD, Dumitrache MO, Magdaş C, Gherman CM, Domşa C, Mircean V, Ghira IV, Pocora V, Ionescu DT, Sikó Barabási S, Cozma V, Sándor AD. Synopsis of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Romania with update on host associations and geographical distribution. Exp Appl Acarol. 2012 Oct;58(2):183-206. doi: 10.1007/s10493-012-9566-5.
Hornok S, Horváth G, Jongejan F, Farkas R. Ixodid ticks on ruminants, with on-host initiated moulting (apolysis) of Ixodes, Haemaphysalis and Dermacentor larvae. Vet Parasitol. 2012 Jun 8;187(1-2):350-3. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.012.
Hornok S, Horváth G. First report of adult Hyalomma marginatum rufipes (vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus) on cattle under a continental climate in Hungary. Parasit Vectors. 2012 Aug 13;5:170. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-170.
Hornok S, Hajtós I, Meli ML, Farkas I, Gönczi E, Meili T, Hofmann-Lehmann R. First molecular identification of Mycoplasma ovis and 'Candidatus M. haemoovis' from goat, with lack of haemoplasma PCR-positivity in lice. Acta Vet Hung. 2012 Sep;60(3):355-60. doi: 10.1556/AVet.2012.030.
Hornok S, Micsutka A, Meli ML, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Molecular investigation of transplacental and vector-borne transmission of bovine haemoplasmas. Vet Microbiol. 2011 Sep 28;152(3-4):411-4. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.031
Hornok S, de la Fuente J, Biró N, Fernández de Mera IG, Meli ML, Elek V, Gönczi E, Meili T, Tánczos B, Farkas R, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R. First molecular evidence of Anaplasma ovis and Rickettsia spp. in keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of sheep and wild ruminants. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Oct;11(10):1319-21. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0649.
Demeter Z, Palade EA, Balogh E, Jakab C, Farkas R, Tánczos B, Hornok S. Postmortem small babesia-like morphology of Babesia canis - short communication. Acta Vet Hung. 2011 Dec;59(4):427-32. doi: 10.1556/AVet.2011.029.
Hornok S, Hofmann-Lehmann R, de Mera IG, Meli ML, Elek V, Hajtós I, Répási A, Gönczi E, Tánczos B, Farkas R, Lutz H, de la Fuente J. Survey on blood-sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) of ruminants and pigs with molecular detection of Anaplasma and Rickettsia spp. Vet Parasitol. 2010 Dec 15;174(3-4):355-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.003.
Hornok S, Micsutka A, Fernández de Mera IG, Meli ML, Gönczi E, Tánczos B, Mangold AJ, Farkas R, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R, de la Fuente J. Fatal bovine anaplasmosis in a herd with new genotypes of Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma ovis and concurrent haemoplasmosis. Res Vet Sci. 2012 Feb;92(1):30-5. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.10.011.
Sikutová S, Hornok S, Hubálek Z, Dolezálková I, Juricová Z, Rudolf I. Serological survey of domestic animals for tick-borne encephalitis and Bhanja viruses in northeastern Hungary. Vet Microbiol. 2009 Mar 30;135(3-4):267-71. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.082.
Hornok S, Meli ML, Erdos A, Hajtós I, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Molecular characterization of two different strains of haemotropic mycoplasmas from a sheep flock with fatal haemolytic anaemia and concomitant Anaplasma ovis infection. Vet Microbiol. 2009 May 12;136(3-4):372-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.10.031.
Hornok S, Meli ML, Gönczi E, Ignits E, Willi B, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R. First molecular identification of 'Candidatus mycoplasma haemominutum' from a cat with fatal haemolytic anaemia in Hungary. Acta Vet Hung. 2008 Dec;56(4):441-50. doi: 10.1556/AVet.56.2008.4.2.
Boretti FS, Perreten A, Meli ML, Cattori V, Willi B, Wengi N, Hornok S, Honegger H, Hegglin D, Woelfel R, Reusch CE, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Molecular Investigations of Rickettsia helvetica infection in dogs, foxes, humans, and Ixodes ticks. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 May;75(10):3230-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00220-09.
Hornok S, Földvári G, Elek V, Naranjo V, Farkas R, de la Fuente J. Molecular identification of Anaplasma marginale and rickettsial endosymbionts in blood-sucking flies (Diptera: Tabanidae, Muscidae) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Vet Parasitol. 2008 Jul 4;154(3-4):354-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.019.
Hornok S, Elek V, de la Fuente J, Naranjo V, Farkas R, Majoros G, Földvári G. First serological and molecular evidence on the endemicity of Anaplasma ovis and A. marginale in Hungary. Vet Microbiol. 2007 Jun 21;122(3-4):316-22. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.01.024.
Hornok S, Genchi C, Bazzocchi C, Fok E, Farkas R. Prevalence of Setaria equina microfilaraemia in horses in Hungary. Vet Rec. 2007 Dec 15;161(24):814-6.
Hornok S, Edelhofer R, Földvári G, Joachim A, Farkas R. Serological evidence for Babesia canis infection of horses and an endemic focus of B. caballi in Hungary. Acta Vet Hung. 2007 Dec;55(4):491-500. doi: 10.1556/AVet.55.2007.4.8.
Hornok S, Edelhofer R, Farkas R. Seroprevalence of canine babesiosis in Hungary suggesting breed predisposition. Parasitol Res. 2006 Nov;99(6):638-42. doi: 10.1007/s00436-006-0218-8.
Hornok S, Edelhofer R, Szotáczky I, Hajtós I. Babesia divergens becoming extinct in cattle of Northeast Hungary: new data on the past and present situation. Acta Vet Hung. 2006 Dec;54(4):493-501. doi: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.4.7.
