Pitó A, Bukor B, Győrig E, Brlík V, Kontschán J, Keve G, Takács N, Hornok, S. (2024) Investigations of the tick burden on passeriform, water-associated and predatory birds reveal new tick–host associations and habitat-related factors of tick infestation. Parasites and Vectors 17: 1 Paper: 144. https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-024-06229-1
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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Keve G, Csörgő T, Kováts D, Hornok S. (2024) Long term evaluation of factors influencing the association of ixodid ticks with birds in Central Europe, Hungary. Scientific Reports 14: 1 Paper: 4958.
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Halajian A, Cuozzo FP, Heyne H, Sauther ML, Linden B, Linden J, Tordiffe ASW, Rampedi KM, Hornok S. (2024) Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 15:2.102313 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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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
Matei IA, Kalmár Z, Balea A, Mihaiu M, Sándor AD, Cocian A, Crăciun S, Bouari C, Briciu VT, Fiț N (2023) The role of wild boars in the circulation of some tick-borne pathogens: the first evidence of Rickettsia monacensis presence. Animals 13: 1743. doi: 10.3390/ani13111743, IF: 3.0
Tuska-Szalay B, Boldogh SA, Farkas R, Rompos L, Takács N, Beresnyák V, Hornok S (2023). Screening of Domestic Cats from North-Eastern Hungary for Hepatozoon felis and Cytauxzoon europaeus That Cause Infections in Local Wildcat Populations. Pathogens 12(5): 656. http://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12050656
Takano A, Yamauchi T, Takahashi M, Shimoda H, Gotoh Y, Mizuno J, Hornok S. (2023). Description of three new bat-associated species of hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) from Japan. Zookeys 1180: 1–26. http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1180.108418
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
Hornok S, Kontschán J, Takács N, Pap PL, Sándor AD (2024). First record of Ixodes (Scaphixodes) caledonicus in the Carpathian Basin and first time molecular-phylogenetic analysis of this tick species with updated host records and geographical range. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 15(1): 102280. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102280
Matei I, Kalmár Zs, Balea A, Mihaiu M, Sándor AD, Cocian A, Craciun S, Bouari C, Briciu V, Fit N. The Role of Wild Boars in the Circulation of Tick-Borne Pathogens: The First Evidence of Rickettsia monacensis Presence. Animals. 2023 May;13 (11), 1743. doi: 10.3390/ani13111743.
Hornok S, Mihalca AD, Kontschán J, Takács N, Fedorov D, Plantard O, Sándor AD. Phylogenetic analyses of Ixodes rugicollis with notes on its morphology in comparison with Ixodes cornutus. Parasit Vectors. 2023 Mar 16;16(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05718-z.
Keve G, Csörgő T, Benke A, Huber A, Mórocz A, Németh Á, Kalocsa B, Tamás EA, Gyurácz J, Kiss O, Kováts D, Sándor AD, Karcza Z, Hornok S. Ornithological and molecular evidence of a reproducing Hyalomma rufipes population under continental climate in Europe. Front Vet Sci. 2023 Mar 22;10:1147186. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1147186.
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.
Hornok S, Szekeres S, Horváth G, Takács N, Bekő K, Kontschán J, Gyuranecz M, Tóth B, Sándor AD, Juhász A, Beck R, Farkas R. Diversity of tick species and associated pathogens on peri-urban wild boars - First report of the zoonotic Babesia cf. crassa from Hungary. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2022 May;13(3):101936. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101936.
Hornok S, Boldogh SA, Takács N, Kontschán J, Szekeres S, Sós E, Sándor AD, Wang Y, Tuska-Szalay B. Molecular epidemiological study on ticks and tick-borne protozoan parasites (Apicomplexa: Cytauxzoon and Hepatozoon spp.) from wild cats (Felis silvestris), Mustelidae and red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in central Europe, Hungary. Parasit Vectors. 2022 May 21;15(1):174. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05271-1.
Hornok S, Cutajar B, Takács N, Galea N, Attard D, Coleiro C, Galea R, Keve G, Sándor AD, Kontschán J. On the way between Africa and Europe: Molecular taxonomy of ticks collected from birds in Malta. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2022 Sep;13(5):102001. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102001.
Hornok S, Boldogh SA, Takács N, Sándor AD, Tuska-Szalay B. Zoonotic ecotype-I of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in sympatric wildcat, pine marten and red squirrel - Short communication. Acta Vet Hung. 2022 Aug 26. doi: 10.1556/004.2022.00021.
Keve G, Sándor AD, Hornok S. Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with birds in Europe: Review of literature data. Front Vet Sci. 2022 Aug 25;9:928756. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.928756.
Matei IA, Corduneanu A, Sándor AD, Ionică AM, Panait L, Kalmár Z, Ivan T, Papuc I, Bouari C, Fit N, Mihalca AD. Rickettsia spp. in bats of Romania: high prevalence of Rickettsia monacensis in two insectivorous bat species. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Feb 10;14(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04592-x.
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.
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.
Hornok S, Meyer-Kayser E, Kontschán J, Takács N, Plantard O, Cullen S, Gaughran A, Szekeres S, Majoros G, Beck R, Boldogh SA, Horváth G, Kutasi C, Sándor AD. Morphology of Pholeoixodes species associated with carnivores in the western Palearctic: Pictorial key based on molecularly identified Ixodes (Ph.) canisuga, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and I. (Ph.) kaiseri males, nymphs and larvae. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2021 Jul;12(4):101715. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101715.
Sang C, Yang Y, Dong Q, Xu B, Liu G, Hornok S, Liu Z, Wang Y, Hazihan W. Molecular survey of Babesia spp. in red foxes (Vulpes Vulpes), Asian badgers (Meles leucurus) and their ticks in China. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2021 Jul;12(4):101710. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101710.
Péter Á, Barti L, Corduneanu A, Hornok S, Mihalca AD, Sándor AD. First record of Ixodes simplex found on a human host, with a review of cases of human infestation by bat tick species occurring in Europe. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2021 Jul;12(4):101722. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101722.
Liu G, Zhao S, Tan W, Hornok S, Yuan W, Mi L, Wang S, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Hazihan W, Gu X, Wang Y. Rickettsiae in red fox (Vulpes vulpes), marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) and their ticks in northwestern China. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Apr 19;14(1):204. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04718-1.
Sándor AD, Milchev B, Takács N, Kontschán J, Szekeres S, Hornok S. Five ixodid tick species including two morphotypes of Rhipicephalus turanicus on nestlings of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) from south-eastern Bulgaria. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Jun 26;14(1):334. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04832-0.
Hornok S, Kontschán J, Takács N, Chaber AL, Halajian A, Szekeres S, Sándor AD, Plantard O. Rickettsiaceae in two reptile-associated tick species, Amblyomma exornatum and Africaniella transversale: First evidence of Occidentia massiliensis in hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2022 Jan;13(1):101830. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101830.
Hornok S, Daccord J, Takács N, Kontschán J, Tuska-Szalay B, Sándor AD, Szekeres S, Meli ML, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Investigation on haplotypes of ixodid ticks and retrospective finding of Borrelia miyamotoi in bank vole (Myodes glareolus) in Switzerland. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2022 Jan;13(1):101865. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101865.
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.
Kalmár Z, Dumitrache MO, D'Amico G, Matei IA, Ionică AM, Gherman CM, Lupșe M, Mihalca AD. Multiple Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected from Humans in Romania. Pathogens. 2020 May 19;9(5):390. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050390.
Borşan SD, Toma-Naic A, Péter Á, Sándor AD, Peștean C, Mihalca AD. Impact of abiotic factors, habitat type and urban wildlife on the ecology of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in urban and peri-urban habitats. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Sep 18;13(1):476. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04352-3.
Hornok S, Grima A, Takács N, Szekeres S, Kontschán J. First records and molecular-phylogenetic analyses of three tick species (Ixodes kaiseri, Hyalomma lusitanicum and Ornithodoros coniceps) from Malta. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2020 May;11(3):101379. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101379.
Liu X, Yang M, Song S, Liu G, Zhao S, Liu G, Hornok S, Wang Y, Jiang H. Brucella melitensis in Asian Badgers, Northwestern China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;26(4):804-806. doi: 10.3201/eid2604.190833.
Yan B, Zhu Q, Xu J, Zhao S, Piao D, Chen C, Liu Q, Hornok S, Wang Y, Wang B, Jiang H. Brucella in Himalayan Marmots (Marmota himalayana). J Wildl Dis. 2020 Jul;56(3):730-732. doi: 10.7589/2019-09-237.
Hornok S, Boldogh SA, Takács N, Juhász A, Kontschán J, Földi D, Koleszár B, Morandini P, Gyuranecz M, Szekeres S. Anaplasmataceae closely related to Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Neorickettsia helminthoeca from birds in Central Europe, Hungary. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2020 Jul;113(7):1067-1073. doi: 10.1007/s10482-020-01415-4.
Hornok S, Sándor AD, Földvári G, Ionică AM, Silaghi C, Takács N, Schötta AM, Wijnveld M. First broad-range molecular screening of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) kaiseri, with special emphasis on piroplasms. Acta Vet Hung. 2020 May 8;68(1):30-33. doi: 10.1556/004.2020.00003.
Hornok S, Mühldorfer K, Takács N, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli ML, Gyuranecz M, Unnsteinsdóttir ER, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ. Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland. Animals (Basel). 2020 Nov 4;10(11):2031. doi: 10.3390/ani10112031.
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
Kalmár Z, Sándor AD, Matei IA, Ionică A, D'Amico G, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD. Borrelia spp. in small mammals in Romania. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Sep 24;12(1):461. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3713-3.
Hornok S, Szőke K, Meli ML, Sándor AD, Görföl T, Estók P, Wang Y, Tu VT, Kováts D, Boldogh SA, Corduneanu A, Sulyok KM, Gyuranecz M, Kontschán J, Takács N, Halajian A, Epis S, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Molecular detection of vector-borne bacteria in bat ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) from eight countries of the Old and New Worlds. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Jan 22;12(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3303-4.
Zhao S, Yang M, Jiang M, Yan B, Zhao S, Yuan W, Wang B, Hornok S, Wang Y. Rickettsia raoultii and Rickettsia sibirica in ticks from the long-tailed ground squirrel near the China-Kazakhstan border. Exp Appl Acarol. 2019 Mar;77(3):425-433. doi: 10.1007/s10493-019-00349-5.
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.
Norte AC, Margos G, Becker NS, Albino Ramos J, Núncio MS, Fingerle V, Araújo PM, Adamík P, Alivizatos H, Barba E, Barrientos R, Cauchard L, Csörgő T, Diakou A, Dingemanse NJ, Doligez B, Dubiec A, Eeva T, Flaisz B, Grim T, Hau M, Heylen D, Hornok S, Kazantzidis S, Kováts D, Krause F, Literak I, Mänd R, Mentesana L, Morinay J, Mutanen M, Neto JM, Nováková M, Sanz JJ, Pascoal da Silva L, Sprong H, Tirri IS, Török J, Trilar T, Tyller Z, Visser ME, Lopes de Carvalho I. Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen. Mol Ecol. 2020 Feb;29(3):485-501. doi: 10.1111/mec.15336.
Sándor AD, Corduneanu A, Péter Á, Mihalca AD, Barti L, Csősz I, Szőke K, Hornok S. Bats and ticks: host selection and seasonality of bat-specialist ticks in eastern Europe. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Dec 27;12(1):605. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3861-5.
Matei IA, D'Amico G, Ionică AM, Kalmár Z, Corduneanu A, Sándor AD, Fiţ N, Bogdan L, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD. New records for Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in small mammal species. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Mar 20;11(1):193. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2791-y.
Hornok S, Szőke K, Estók P, Krawczyk A, Haarsma AJ, Kováts D, Boldogh SA, Morandini P, Szekeres S, Takács N, Kontschán J, Meli ML, Fernández de Mera IG, de la Fuente J, Gyuranecz M, Sulyok KM, Weibel B, Gönczi E, de Bruin A, Sprong H, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Assessing bat droppings and predatory bird pellets for vector-borne bacteria: molecular evidence of bat-associated Neorickettsia sp. in Europe. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2018 Sep;111(9):1707-1717. doi: 10.1007/s10482-018-1043-7.
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.
Hornok S, Corduneanu A, Kontschán J, Bekő K, Szőke K, Görföl T, Gyuranecz M, Sándor AD. Analyses of separate and concatenated cox1 and 18S rRNA gene sequences indicate that the bat piroplasm Babesia vesperuginis is phylogenetically close to Cytauxzoon felis and the 'prototheilerid' Babesia conradae. Acta Vet Hung. 2018 Mar;66(1):107-115. doi: 10.1556/004.2018.010.
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.
Sándor AD, Kontschán J, Plantard O, Péter Á, Hornok S. Illustrated redescription of the male of Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Jul;9(5):1328-1330. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.05.011.
Liu X, Yang M, Liu G, Zhao S, Yuan W, Xiao R, Hazihan W, Hornok S, Wang Y. Molecular evidence of Rickettsia raoultii, "Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae" and a novel Babesia genotype in marbled polecats (Vormela peregusna) at the China-Kazakhstan border. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Aug 4;11(1):450. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3033-z.
Matei IA, Kalmár Z, Lupşe M, D'Amico G, Ionică AM, Dumitrache MO, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD. The risk of exposure to rickettsial infections and human granulocytic anaplasmosis associated with Ixodes ricinus tick bites in humans in Romania: A multiannual study. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2017 Mar;8(3):375-378. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.013.
Sándor AD, D'Amico G, Gherman CM, Dumitrache MO, Domșa C, Mihalca AD. Mesocarnivores and macroparasites: altitude and land use predict the ticks occurring on red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Parasit Vectors. 2017 Apr 5;10(1):173. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2113-9.
D'Amico G, Dumitrache MO, Matei IA, Ionică AM, Gherman CM, Sándor AD, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. Ixodid ticks parasitizing wild carnivores in Romania. Exp Appl Acarol. 2017 Feb;71(2):139-149. doi: 10.1007/s10493-017-0108-z.
Flaisz B, Sulyok KM, Kováts D, Kontschán J, Csörgő T, Csipak Á, Gyuranecz M, Hornok S. Babesia genotypes in Haemaphysalis concinna collected from birds in Hungary reflect phylogeographic connections with Siberia and the Far East. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2017 Jun;8(4):666-670. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.04.013.
Hornok S, Sugár L, Horváth G, Kovács T, Micsutka A, Gönczi E, Flaisz B, Takács N, Farkas R, Meli ML, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Evidence for host specificity of Theileria capreoli genotypes in cervids. Parasit Vectors. 2017 Oct 10;10(1):473. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2403-2.
Hornok S, Sándor AD, Beck R, Farkas R, Beati L, Kontschán J, Takács N, Földvári G, Silaghi C, Meyer-Kayser E, Hodžić A, Tomanović S, Abdullah S, Wall R, Estrada-Peña A, Duscher GG, Plantard O. Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females. Parasit Vectors. 2017 Nov 3;10(1):545. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2424-x.
Corduneanu A, Hrazdilová K, Sándor AD, Matei IA, Ionică AM, Barti L, Ciocănău MA, Măntoiu DȘ, Coroiu I, Hornok S, Fuehrer HP, Leitner N, Bagó Z, Stefke K, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. Babesia vesperuginis, a neglected piroplasmid: new host and geographical records, and phylogenetic relations. Parasit Vectors. 2017 Dec 6;10(1):598. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2536-3.
Szőke K, Sándor AD, Boldogh SA, Görföl T, Votýpka J, Takács N, Estók P, Kováts D, Corduneanu A, Molnár V, Kontschán J, Hornok S. DNA of free-living bodonids (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea) in bat ectoparasites: potential relevance to the evolution of parasitic trypanosomatids. Acta Vet Hung. 2017 Dec;65(4):531-540. doi: 10.1556/004.2017.051.
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.
Sándor AD, Kalmár Z, Matei I, Ionică AM, Mărcuţan ID. Urban Breeding Corvids as Disseminators of Ticks and Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogens. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2017 Feb;17(2):152-154. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2054.
Mărcuţan ID, Kalmár Z, Ionică AM, D'Amico G, Mihalca AD, Vasile C, Sándor AD. Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks of migratory birds in Romania. Parasit Vectors. 2016 May 20;9(1):294. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1565-7.
Rigó K, Majoros G, Szekeres S, Molnár I, Jablonszky M, Majláthová V, Majláth I, Földvári G. Identification of Hepatozoon erhardovae Krampitz, 1964 from bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and fleas in Southern Hungary. Parasitol Res. 2016 Jun;115(6):2409-13. doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-4992-7.
Hornok S, Flaisz B, Takács N, Kontschán J, Csörgő T, Csipak Á, Jaksa BR, Kováts D. Bird ticks in Hungary reflect western, southern, eastern flyway connections and two genetic lineages of Ixodes frontalis and Haemaphysalis concinna. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Feb 24;9:101. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1365-0.
Hornok S, Kováts D, Flaisz B, Csörgő T, Könczöl Á, Balogh GT, Csorba A, Hunyadi A. An unexpected advantage of insectivorism: insect moulting hormones ingested by song birds affect their ticks. Sci Rep. 2016 Mar 21;6:23390. doi: 10.1038/srep23390.
Hornok S, Görföl T, Estók P, Tu VT, Kontschán J. Description of a new tick species, Ixodes collaris n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), from bats (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae, Rhinolophidae) in Vietnam. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Jun 10;9(1):332. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1608-0.
Hornok S, Kováts D, Angyal D, Dányi L, Kovács R, Kontschán J. Description of the male and the larva of Ixodes ariadnae Hornok, 2014. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 Oct;7(6):1252-1255. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.005.
Hornok S, Trauttwein K, Takács N, Hodžić A, Duscher GG, Kontschán J. Molecular analysis of Ixodes rugicollis, Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp. (FU98) and a novel Babesia genotype from a European badger (Meles meles). Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2017 Jan;8(1):41-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.09.014.
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.
Hornok S, Wang Y, Otranto D, Keskin A, Lia RP, Kontschán J, Takács N, Farkas R, Sándor AD. Phylogenetic analysis of Haemaphysalis erinacei Pavesi, 1884 (Acari: Ixodidae) from China, Turkey, Italy and Romania. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Dec 15;9(1):643. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1927-1.
Hornok S, Krawczyk A. First record of Ixodes ariadnae in Western Europe, Belgium--Short communication. Acta Vet Hung. 2016 Dec;64(4):467-471. doi: 10.1556/004.2016.043.
Kalmár Z, Cozma V, Sprong H, Jahfari S, D'Amico G, Mărcuțan DI, Ionică AM, Magdaş C, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. Transstadial transmission of Borrelia turcica in Hyalomma aegyptium ticks. PLoS One. 2015 Feb 19;10(2):e0115520. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115520.
Mărcuţan ID, Sándor AD, Kalmár Zs, Mihalca AD, Gherman CM, Cozma V, D'Amico G. Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks and tissues collected from wild birds in Romania. Scien Parasit. 2015 Sep 16;3: 103.111. http://scientia.zooparaz.net/2015_16_03/103-111-SP-2015-Marcutan-ORA.pdf
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.
Szekeres S, Claudia Coipan E, Rigó K, Majoros G, Jahfari S, Sprong H, Földvári G. Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in natural rodent and tick communities in Southern Hungary. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Mar;6(2):111-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.10.004.
Hornok S, Földvári G, Rigó K, Meli ML, Gönczi E, Répási A, Farkas R, Papp I, Kontschán J, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Synanthropic rodents and their ectoparasites as carriers of a novel haemoplasma and vector-borne, zoonotic pathogens indoors. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Jan 15;8:27. doi: 10.1186/s13071-014-0630-3.
Hornok S, Kontschán J, Estrada-Peña A, de Mera IG, Tomanović S, de la Fuente J. Contributions to the morphology and phylogeny of the newly discovered bat tick species, Ixodes ariadnae in comparison with I. vespertilionis and I. simplex. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Jan 24;8:47. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0665-0.
Farkas R, Takács N, Hornyák Á, Nachum-Biala Y, Hornok S, Baneth G. First report on Babesia cf. microti infection of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Hungary. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Jan 27;8:55. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0660-5.
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, Estrada-Peña A, Kontschán J, Plantard O, Kunz B, Mihalca AD, Thabah A, Tomanović S, Burazerović J, Takács N, Görföl T, Estók P, Tu VT, Szőke K, Fernández de Mera IG, de la Fuente J, Takahashi M, Yamauchi T, Takano A. High degree of mitochondrial gene heterogeneity in the bat tick species Ixodes vespertilionis, I. ariadnae and I. simplex from Eurasia. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Sep 17;8:457. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1056-2.
Hornok S, Takács N, Szőke K, Kunz B. First record of Ixodes ariadnae in Germany - Short communication. Acta Vet Hung. 2015 Sep;63(3):347-51. doi: 10.1556/004.2015.032.
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.
Sándor AD, Mărcuţan DI, D'Amico G, Gherman CM, Dumitrache MO, Mihalca AD. Do the ticks of birds at an important migratory hotspot reflect the seasonal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus at the migration initiation site? A case study in the Danube Delta. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 19;9(2):e89378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089378.
Hornok S, Kováts D, Csörgő T, Meli ML, Gönczi E, Hadnagy Z, Takács N, Farkas R, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Birds as potential reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens: first evidence of bacteraemia with Rickettsia helvetica. Parasit Vectors. 2014 Mar 28;7:128. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-128.
Hornok S, Kontschán J, Kováts D, Kovács R, Angyal D, Görföl T, Polacsek Z, Kalmár Z, Mihalca AD. Bat ticks revisited: Ixodes ariadnae sp. nov. and allopatric genotypes of I. vespertilionis in caves of Hungary. Parasit Vectors. 2014 Apr 27;7:202. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-202.
Farkas R, Solymosi N, Takács N, Hornyák Á, Hornok S, Nachum-Biala Y, Baneth G. First molecular evidence of Hepatozoon canis infection in red foxes and golden jackals from Hungary. Parasit Vectors. 2014 Jul 2;7:303. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-303.
Gyuranecz M, Sulyok K, Balla E, Mag T, Balazs A, Simor Z, Denes B, Hornok S, Bajnoczi P, Hornstra H, Pearson T, Keim P, Dan A. Q fever epidemic in Hungary, April to July 2013. Euro Surveill. 2014 Jul 31;19(30):20863. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.30.20863.
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.
Dumitrache MO, Paştiu AI, Kalmár Z, Mircean V, Sándor AD, Gherman CM, Peştean C, Mihalca AD, Cozma V. Northern white-breasted hedgehogs Erinaceus roumanicus as hosts for ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Romania. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2013 Apr;4(3):214-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.11.010.
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, Csörgő T, de la Fuente J, Gyuranecz M, Privigyei C, Meli ML, Kreizinger Z, Gönczi E, Fernández de Mera IG, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Synanthropic birds associated with high prevalence of tick-borne rickettsiae and with the first detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hungary. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 Feb;13(2):77-83. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1032.
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.
