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  1. The avian schistosome Trichobilharzia franki in mice: Migration, pathogenicity, and the host immune response

    Article • Food and Waterborne Parasitology, December 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  2. Trichobilharzia regenti (bird nasal schistosome)

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, November 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  3. Molecular detection and identification of Trichobilharzia: development of a LAMP, qPCR, and multiplex PCR toolkit

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  4. MrgprA3 neurons drive cutaneous immunity against helminths through selective control of myeloid-derived IL-33

    Article • Nature Immunology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  5. Neurobehavioral Disorders and Pathological Changes in the Brain of Mice Are Caused by Chronic Toxocara canis Larval Invasion with Low to Moderate Inoculum

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  6. Molecular identification of Trichobilharzia species in recreational waters in North-Eastern Poland

    Article • PeerJ, July 2024, PeerJ

    Professor Petr Horák

  7. How tapeworms interact with cancers: a mini-review

    Article • PeerJ, March 2024, PeerJ

    Professor Petr Horák

  8. Suppression of the growth and metastasis of mouse melanoma by Taenia crassiceps and Mesocestoides corti tapeworms

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, March 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Petr Horák

  9. The neurotropic schistosome vs experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: are there any winners?

    Article • Parasitology, March 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  10. Other Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  11. Von Parasiten und Menschen

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  12. Thinking “outside the box”: The effect of nontarget snails in the aquatic community on mollusc-borne diseases

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  13. Toxocara canisinfection worsens the course of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice

    Article • Parasitology, September 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  14. Differential proteomic analysis of laser-microdissected penetration glands of avian schistosome cercariae with a focus on proteins involved in host invasion

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, May 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  15. Mechanisms of the host immune response and helminth-induced pathology during Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) neuroinvasion in mice

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2022, PLOS

    Professor Petr Horák

  16. Avian schistosome species in Danish freshwater lakes: relation to biotic and abiotic factors

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  17. Nitric oxide debilitates the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti in mice, partly by inhibiting its vital peptidases

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  18. The chemotactic swimming behavior of bird schistosome miracidia in the presence of compatible and incompatible snail hosts

    Article • PeerJ, July 2020, PeerJ

    Professor Petr Horák, Anna Cichy

  19. The peripheral immune response of mice infected with a neuropathogenic schistosome

    Article • Parasite Immunology, March 2020, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  20. Isoforms of Cathepsin B1 in Neurotropic Schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti Differ in Substrate Preferences and a Highly Expressed Catalytically Inactive Paralog Binds Cystatin

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, February 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Petr Horák

  21. Snail defence responses to parasite infection: The Lymnaea stagnalis-Trichobilharzia szidati model

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  22. Morphological comparison of genetically differentiated Polymorphus cf. minutus types

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  23. Secreted cathepsin L-like peptidases are involved in the degradation of trapped antibodies on the surface of Echinostoma caproni

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  24. Molecular evidence for distinct modes of nutrient acquisition between visceral and neurotropic schistosomes of birds

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  25. Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  26. Comparative genomics of the major parasitic worms

    Article • Nature Genetics, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák, Dr Sujai Kumar

  27. Cercarial dermatitis: a systematic follow-up study of human cases with implications for diagnostics

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  28. Impact of trematode infections on periphyton grazing rates of freshwater snails

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  29. Potamopyrgus antipodarum as a potential defender against swimmer’s itch in European recreational water bodies—experimental study

    Article • PeerJ, June 2018, PeerJ

    Professor Petr Horák, Anna Cichy

  30. Extracellular trap-like fiber release may not be a prominent defence response in snails: evidence from three species of freshwater gastropod molluscs

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  31. Changes in surface glycosylation and glycocalyx shedding in Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) during the transformation of cercaria to schistosomulum

    Article • PLOS One, March 2017, PLOS

    Professor Petr Horák

  32. Humoral response of mice infected with Toxocara canis following different infection schemes

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Jan Novák, Professor Petr Horák

  33. Nitric oxide and cytokine production by glial cells exposed in vitro to neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  34. Effect of Fascioloides magna (Digenea) on fecundity, shell height, and survival rate of Pseudosuccinea columella (Lymnaeidae)

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  35. Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae): 3D imaging techniques in characterization of larval migration through the CNS of vertebrates

    Article • Micron, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  36. Historical analysis of the type species of the genus Trichobilharzia Skrjabin et Zakharov, 1920 (Platyhelminthes: Schistosomatidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2016, Magnolia Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  37. Comparative Transcriptomic Exploration Reveals Unique Molecular Adaptations of Neuropathogenic Trichobilharzia to Invade and Parasitize Its Avian Definitive Host

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2016, PLOS

    Professor Petr Horák

  38. Antibody response of definitive hosts against antigens of two life stages of the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  39. Avian Schistosomes and Outbreaks of Cercarial Dermatitis

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Petr Horák

  40. Influence of Trichobilharzia regenti (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) on the Defence Activity of Radix lagotis (Lymnaeidae) Haemocytes

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Professor Petr Horák

  41. Insights into the development of Notocotylus attenuatus (Digenea: Notocotylidae) in Lymnaea stagnalis: from mother sporocyst to cercariae

    Article • Parasitology International, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  42. Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  43. Highland cattle and Radix labiata, the hosts of Fascioloides magna

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  44. Erratum to “Pathogenicity ofTrichobilharziaspp. for Vertebrates”

    Article • Journal of Parasitology Research, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Petr Horák

  45. Cercarial Dermatitis, a Neglected Allergic Disease

    Article • Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  46. A Deep Exploration of the Transcriptome and "Excretory/Secretory" Proteome of Adult Fascioloides magna

    Article • Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, August 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Petr Horák

  47. Bird schistosomes in planorbid snails in the Czech Republic

    Article • Parasitology International, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  48. Geographical distribution of the giant liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) in the Czech Republic and potential risk of its further spread

    Article • Veterinární Medicína, February 2012, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  49. Trichobilharzia regenti: Antigenic structures of intravertebrate stages

    Article • Open Life Sciences, February 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Petr Horák

  50. Radix spp.: Identification of trematode intermediate hosts in the Czech Republic

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Petr Horák

  51. Pathogenicity ofTrichobilharziaspp. for Vertebrates

    Article • Journal of Parasitology Research, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Petr Horák

  52. Morphological features of the nasal blood fluke Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae, Digenea) from naturally infected hosts

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  53. Trichobilharzia regenti: Host immune response in the pathogenesis of neuroinfection in mice

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  54. Trichobilharzia regenti (Digenea: Schistosomatidae): Changes of body wall musculature during the development from miracidium to adult worm

    Article • Micron, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  55. Cathepsins B1 and B2 of Trichobilharzia SPP., Bird Schistosomes Causing Cercarial Dermatitis

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  56. Snails, waterfowl and cercarial dermatitis

    Article • Freshwater Biology, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  57. Cathepsins B1 and B2 in the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti: distinct gene expression profiles and presumptive roles throughout the life cycle

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  58. Methodical approaches in the identification of areas with a potential risk of infection by bird schistosomes causing cercarial dermatitis

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  59. Schistosomes in the North: A unique finding from a prosobranch snail using molecular tools

    Article • Parasitology International, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  60. Bird schistosome diversity in Iceland: molecular evidence

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  61. In vitro cultivation of early schistosomula of nasal and visceral bird schistosomes (Trichobilharzia spp., Schistosomatidae)

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  62. The functional expression and characterisation of a cysteine peptidase from the invasive stage of the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  63. Chapter 4 Peptidases of Trematodes

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  64. Cercarial dimensions and surface structures as a tool for species determination of Trichobilharzia spp.

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2009, De Gruyter

    Professor Petr Horák

  65. Penetration ofTrichobilharziacercariae into mammals: dangerous or negligible event?

    Article • Parasite, September 2008, EDP Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  66. Antibody responses induced byTrichobilharzia regentiantigens in murine and human hosts exhibiting cercarial dermatitis.

    Article • Parasite Immunology, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  67. Bird schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic and Poland

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, June 2007, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  68. Terminal phase of bird schistosomiasis caused by Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) in ducks (Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica)

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, June 2007, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  69. Peptidases of Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) and its molluscan host Radix peregra s. lat. (Lymnaeidae): construction and screening of cDNA library from intramolluscan stages of the parasite

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, June 2007, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  70. THE COMPLETE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME OF THE BIRD SCHISTOSOME TRICHOBILHARZIA REGENTI (PLATYHELMINTHES: DIGENEA), CAUSATIVE AGENT OF CERCARIAL DERMATITIS

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, June 2007, American Society of Parasitologists

    Professor Petr Horák

  71. Comparison of cysteine peptidase activities in Trichobilharzia regenti and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae

    Article • Parasitology, May 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  72. Trichobilharzia szidati: the lung phase of migration within avian and mammalian hosts

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  73. Seasonal morphological variations in bird schistosomes

    Article • Parasite, September 2006, EDP Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  74. Unusual finding of Trichobilharzia sp. in Motacilla alba in the Czech Republic

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, March 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  75. Trichobilharzia regenti: The developmental differences in natural and abnormal hosts

    Article • Parasitology International, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  76. A. Jones, R.A. Bray, D.I. Gibson (Eds.): Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, September 2005, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  77. Multiple cathepsin B isoforms in schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti: identification, characterisation and putative role in migration and nutrition

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  78. Molluscan and vertebrate immune responses to bird schistosomes

    Article • Parasite Immunology, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  79. In vitro stimulation of penetration gland emptying by Trichobilharzia szidati and T. regenti (Schistosomatidae) cercariae. Quantitative collection and partial characterization of the products

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  80. Validity reassessment of Trichobilharzia species using Lymnaea stagnalis as the intermediate host

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  81. Surface carbohydrates of Eudiplozoon nipponicum pre- and post-fusion

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, March 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  82. Insights into the relationships of Palearctic and Nearctic lymnaeids (Mollusca : Gastropoda) by rDNA ITS-2 sequencing and phylogeny of stagnicoline intermediate host species ofFasciola hepatica

    Article • Parasite, September 2003, EDP Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  83. The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858

    Article • Parasitology, March 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  84. D.I. Gibson, A. Jones, R.A. Bray (Eds.): Keys to the Trematoda. Volume I.

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, March 2003, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  85. Nasal schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, December 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  86. Neurotropic behaviour of Trichobilharzia regenti in ducks and mice

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  87. Comparison of European Trichobilharzia species based on ITS1 and ITS2 sequences

    Article • Parasitology, March 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  88. Biology of the schistosome genus Trichobilharzia

    Article • January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  89. European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, December 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  90. Histopathology of CNS and nasal infections caused by Trichobilharzia regenti in vertebrates

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, August 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  91. A protein with lectin activity in penetration glands of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum cercariae

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  92. Bird schistosomes: do they die in mammalian skin?

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, February 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  93. B. Fried, T.K. Graczyk (Eds.): Advances in Trematode Biology.

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, December 2000, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  94. Survival of bird schistosomes in mammalian lungs

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  95. Trichobilharzia regenti, a pathogen of the avian and mammalian central nervous systems

    Article • Parasitology, December 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  96. Schistosome cercariae as the causative agent of swimmer's itch in Iceland

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, September 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  97. Lectins and saccharides inLymnaea stagnalis haemocyte recognition

    Article • Comparative Clinical Pathology, December 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  98. Trichobilharzia regentin. sp. (Schistosomatidae, Bilharziellinae), a new nasal schistosome from Europe

    Article • Parasite, December 1998, EDP Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  99. Effect of saccharides on plasma mediated haemagglutination and in vitro phagocytosis by haemocytes of the snailLymnaea stagnalis

    Article • Comparative Clinical Pathology, March 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  100. Cercaria–schistosomulum surface transformation of Trichobilharzia szidati and its putative immunological impact

    Article • Parasitology, February 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  101. AP 3 Lectin binding to larvae of four trematode species

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  102. T5 11:15 Dual recognition system of Lymnaea stagnalis hemocytes

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  103. A3 10:45 A survey of trematode lectins and their putative functions

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  104. Lectins ofTrichobilharzia szidaticercariae

    Article • Parasite, March 1997, EDP Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  105. The karyotype ofTrichobilharzia FrankiMüller et Kimmig, 1994 (Digenea: Schistosomatidae), a new european schistosome agent of swimmers'itch

    Article • Parasite, March 1997, EDP Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  106. The Effect ofBacillus thuringiensisM-exotoxin on Trematode Cercariae

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, September 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  107. The Effect ofBacillus thuringiensisM-exotoxin on Trematode Cercariae

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  108. Karyotype of an avian schistosome Trichobilharzia szidati (Digenea: Schistosomatidae)

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  109. Experimental destruction of ascarid ova in sewage sludge by accelerated electron irradiation

    Article • Water Research, April 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  110. Trichobilharzia

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák