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Keve G, Csörgő T, Kováts D, Benke A, Bende AT, Ágoston H, Mórocz A, Németh Á, Tamás EA, Huber A, Gyurácz J, Keve G, Kontschán J, Németh A, Hornok S. (2024) Contributions to our knowledge on avian louse flies (Hippoboscidae: Ornithomyinae) with the first European record of the African species Ornithoctona laticornis. Parasites and Vectors 27: 17(1): 237. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06303-8.

Sandor AD, Corduneanu A, Hornok S, Mihalca AD, Peter A. (2024) Season and host-community composition inside roosts may affect host-specificity of bat flies.
Scientific Reports14: 1 Paper: 4127, 12 p. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-54143-4

Bendjeddou ML, Khelfaoui F, Abiadh A, Sándor AD et al (2023) Bat Ectoparasites (Acari, Diptera, Hemiptera, Siphonaptera) in the Grand Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia): A Literature Review and New Data. Acta Parasitologica 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-023-00732-8

Attaullah A, Ali S, Javid A, Imran M, Khan TM, Phelps K, Hornok S (2023). Phylogenetic relationships of a novel bat fly species infesting the geographically widespread Old World fruit bat, Rousettus leschenaultii, in Southern Asia. Parasitology Research 2023 (10). http://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07909-0

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.

Péter, Á, et al. Focus on Hyperparasites: Biotic and Abiotic Traits Affecting the Prevalence of Parasitic Microfungi on Bat Ectoparasites. Front Evol. 2022 Feb 10 795020 doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.795020.

Péter R, Mihalca AD, Sandor AD. Annotated checklist of the bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) of Romania. Zootaxa. 2022 Mar 24;5120(1):111-127. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.1.7.

Péter Á, Mihalca AD, Sándor AD. First report of the bat fly species Basilia italica in Romania. Biodivers Data J. 2021 Jan 18;9:e57680. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e57680.

Sándor AD, Péter Á, Corduneanu A, Barti L, Csősz I, Kalmár Z, Hornok S, Kontschán J, Mihalca AD. Wide Distribution and Diversity of Malaria-Related Haemosporidian Parasites (Polychromophilus spp.) in Bats and Their Ectoparasites in Eastern Europe. Microorganisms. 2021 Jan 22;9(2):230. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020230.

Haelewaters D, Dima B, Abdel-Hafiz AII, Abdel-Wahab MA, Abul-Ezz SR, Acar I, Aguirre-Acosta E, Aime MC, Aldemir S, Ali M et al. Fungal Systematics and Evolution: FUSE 6. SYD. 2020 Jan; 72, 126: 231-356. doi: 10.12905/0380.sydowia72-2020-0231

de Groot MD, Dumolein I, Hiller T, Sándor AD, Szentiványi T, Schilthuizen M, Aime MC, Verbeken A, Haelewaters D. On the Fly: Tritrophic Associations of Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi. J Fungi (Basel). 2020 Dec 12;6(4):361. doi: 10.3390/jof6040361.

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.

McKee CD, Krawczyk AI, Sándor AD, Görföl T, Földvári M, Földvári G, Dekeukeleire D, Haarsma A-, Kosoy MY, Webb CT, Sprong H. Host phylogeny, geographic overlap, and roost sharing shape parasite communities in european bats. Front Ecol Evol 2019 Marc;7(69). doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00069

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.

Hornok S, Sugár L, Fernández de Mera IG, de la Fuente J, Horváth G, Kovács T, Micsutka A, Gönczi E, Flaisz B, Takács N, Farkas R, Meli ML, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Tick- and fly-borne bacteria in ungulates: the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, haemoplasmas and rickettsiae in water buffalo and deer species in Central Europe, Hungary. BMC Vet Res. 2018 Mar 20;14(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s12917-018-1403-6.

Sándor AD, Földvári M, Krawczyk AI, Sprong H, Corduneanu A, Barti L, Görföl T, Estók P, Kováts D, Szekeres S, László Z, Hornok S, Földvári G. Eco-epidemiology of Novel Bartonella Genotypes from Parasitic Flies of Insectivorous Bats. Microb Ecol. 2018 Nov;76(4):1076-1088. doi: 10.1007/s00248-018-1195-z.

Haelewaters D, Pfliegler WP, Szentiványi T, Földvári M, Sándor AD, Barti L, Camacho JJ, Gort G, Estók P, Hiller T, Dick CW, Pfister DH. Parasites of parasites of bats: Laboulbeniales (Fungi: Ascomycota) on bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) in central Europe. Parasit Vectors. 2017 Feb 21;10(1):96. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2022-y.

Hornok S, Estók P, Kováts D, Flaisz B, Takács N, Szőke K, Krawczyk A, Kontschán J, Gyuranecz M, Fedák A, Farkas R, Haarsma AJ, Sprong H. Screening of bat faeces for arthropod-borne apicomplexan protozoa: Babesia canis and Besnoitia besnoiti-like sequences from Chiroptera. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Aug 28;8:441. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1052-6.

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, 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, Kovács R, Meli ML, Gönczi E, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Kontschán J, Gyuranecz M, Dán A, Molnár V. First detection of bartonellae in a broad range of bat ectoparasites. Vet Microbiol. 2012 Oct 12;159(3-4):541-3. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.003.

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.

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.

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