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.
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.
Gherman CM, Sándor AD, Kalmár Z, Marinov M, Mihalca AD. First report of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in two threatened carnivores: the marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna and the European mink, Mustela lutreola (Mammalia: Mustelidae). BMC Vet Res. 2012 Aug 18;8:137. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-137.
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.
Paștiu AI, Matei IA, Mihalca AD, D'Amico G, Dumitrache MO, Kalmár Z, Sándor AD, Lefkaditis M, Gherman CM, Cozma V. Zoonotic pathogens associated with Hyalomma aegyptium in endangered tortoises: evidence for host-switching behaviour in ticks? Parasit Vectors. 2012 Dec 28;5:301. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-301.
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, 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, 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.
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, 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.
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, 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.
