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Papers published in the frame of the project

Dabert J, Dabert M, Gal AF, Miclăuş V, Mihalca AD, Sándor AD. 2013. Multidisciplinary analysis of Knemidocoptes jamaicensis parasitising the Common Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs: proofs for a multispecies complex? Parasitology Research 112:2373-2380.
Tăbăran F, Sándor AD, Marinov M, Cătoi C, Mihalca AD. 2013. Alaria alata Infection in European Mink. Emerging Infectious Diseases 19:1547-1549.
D'Amico G, Mihalca AD, Domşa C, Albrechtová K, Sándor AD, Modrý D. 2013. Taming the beast: rabies control in the cradle of mankind. Geospatial Health 7:409-411.
Mihalca AD, Sándor AD. 2013. The role of rodents in the ecology of Ixodes ricinus and associated pathogens in Central and Eastern Europe. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 3:56.
Dumitrache MO, Kiss B, Dantas-Torres F, Latrofa MS, D’Amico G, Sándor AD, Mihalca AD. 2014. Seasonal dynamics of Rhipicephalus rossicus attacking domestic dogs from the steppic region of southeastern Romania. Parasites & Vectors 7:97.
Hornok S, Kontschán J, Kováts D, Kovács R, Angyal D, Görföl T, Polacsek Z, Kalmár Z, Mihalca AD. 2014. Bat ticks revisited: Ixodes ariadnae sp. nov. and allopatric genotypes of I. vespertilionis in caves of Hungary. Parasites & Vectors 7:202.
Ionică AM, D’Amico G, Mitková B, Kalmár Z, Annoscia G, Otranto D, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. 2014. First report of Cercopithifilaria spp. in dogs from Eastern Europe with an overview of their geographic distribution in Europe. Parasitology Research 113:2761-2764.
Oltean M, Kalmár Z, Kiss BJ, Marinov M, Vasile A, Sándor AD, Domşa C, Gherman CM, Boireau P, Cozma V., Mihalca A.D., Rosenthal B.M. 2014. European Mustelids occupying pristine wetlands in the Danube Delta harbor infections with Trichinella likely derived from domesticated swine. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(4):972-975.
Sándor AD, Dumitrache MO, D’Amico G, Kiss BJ, Mihalca AD. 2014. Rhipicephalus rossicus and not R. sanguineus is the dominant tick species of dogs in the wetlands of the Danube Delta, Romania. Veterinary Parasitology 204(3-4):430-432.
Gallusová M, Qablan MA, D’Amico G, Oborník M, Petrželková KJ, Mihalca AD, Modrý D. 2014. Piroplasms in feral and domestic equines in rural areas of Danube Delta, Romania with survey of dogs as possible reservoir. Veterinary Parasitology 206:287-292.
Durden LA, Mihalca AD, Sándor AD, Kanyari PWN. 2014. A new species of sucking louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae) from Günther’s dikdik (Madoqua guentheri) in Kenya. Journal of Parasitology 101(2):140-144.
Mircean V, Dumitrache MO, Mircean M, Bolfă P., Györke A, Mihalca AD. 2014. Autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in Romania: neglected or (re)emerging? Parasites & Vectors 7:135.
Mihalca AD, Kalmár Z, Dumitrache MO. 2015. Rhipicephalus rossicus, a neglected tick at the margin of Europe: a review of its distribution, ecology and medical importance. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 29:215-224.
Kalmár Z, Cozma V, Sprong H, Jahfari S, D’Amico G, Mărcuțan DI, Ionică AM, Magdaş C, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. 2015. Transstadial transmission of Borrelia turcica in Hyalomma aegyptium ticks. PLoS One 10(2):e0115520.
Matei IA, Kalmár Z, Magdaş C, Magdaş V, Toray H, Dumitrache MO, Ionică AM, D’Amico G, Sándor A, Mărcuțan DI, Domşa C, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD. 2015. Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Romania. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 6:408-413.
Mihalca AD, D’Amico G, Scurtu I, Chirilă R, Matei IA, Ionică AM. 2015. Further spreading of canine oriental eyeworm in Europe: first report of Thelazia callipaeda in Romania. Parasites & Vectors 8:48.
Ionică AM, Matei IA, Mircean V, Dumitrache MO, D’Amico G, Györke A, Pantchev N, Annoscia G, Albrechtová K, Otranto D, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. 2015. Current surveys on the prevalence and distribution of Dirofilaria spp. and Acanthocheilonema reconditum infections in dogs in Romania. Parasitology Research 114:975-982.
Lawrence AL, Hii SF, Jirsová D, Panáková L, Ionică AM, Gilchrist K, Modrý D, Mihalca AD, Webb CE, Traub RJ, Šlapeta J. 2015. Integrated morphological and molecular identification of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) and dog fleas (Ctenocephalides canis) vectoring Rickettsia felis in central Europe. Veterinary Parasitology 210:215-223.
Dumitrache MO, Matei IA, Ionică AM, Kalmár Z, D’Amico G, Sikó-Barabási S, Ionescu DT, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD. 2015. Molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Romania. Parasites & Vectors 8:514.
Votýpka J, Rádrová J, Skalický T, Jirků M, Jirsová D, Mihalca AD, D´Amico G, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D, Lukeš J. 2015. A tsetse and tabanid fly survey of African great apes habitats reveals the presence of a novel trypanosome lineage but the absence of Trypanosoma brucei. International Journal for Parasitology 45:741-748.
D’Amico G, Dumitrache MO, Široký P, Albrechtová K, Sloboda M, Domșa C, Sándor AD, Balázsi R, Kanyari PWN, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. 2015. Altitudinal and seasonal differences of tick communities in dogs from pastoralist tribes of Northern Kenya. Veterinary Parasitology 212:318–323.
Mihalca AD. 2015. Ticks imported to Europe with exotic reptiles. Veterinary Parasitology 213:67-71.
Dumitrache MO, D’Amico G, Gherman CM, Matei IA, Ionică AM, Paştiu AI, Balea A, Sikó-Barabási S, Ionescu DT, Mihalca AD. 2015. Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, in Ixodes ricinus parasitising on Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Romania. Bulletin UASVM Veterinary Medicine 72(1):134-137.
Lupșe M, Mircean V, Paștiu AI, Cavași A, Mihalca AD, Briciu V. 2015. Recurrent subcutaneous human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens - a case report. Bulletin UASVM Veterinary Medicine 72(1):201-202.
Gallusová M, Jirsová D, Mihalca AD, Gherman CM, D’Amico G, Qablan MA, Modrý D. 2016. Cytauxzoon Infections in Wild Felids from Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic Space: Further Evidence for a Different Cytauxzoon Species in European Felids. Journal of Parasitology 102:377-380.
Constantinescu IC, Chișamera Gb, Yao PK, Hilare YB, Adam C, D’Amico G, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD, Sándor AD. 2016. Anhemialges suteui n. sp. (Astigmata: Analgidae) from Hylia prasina (Passeriformes, Macrosphenidae) in Ivory Coast. Systematic Parasitology 93:771-780.
Chițimia-Dobler L, D’Amico G, Kouassi Yao P, Kalmár Z, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD, Estrada-Peña A. 2016. Description of the male, redescription of the female and 16S rDNA sequence of Ixodes aulacodi Arthur, 1956 (Ixodidae). Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 7:433-438.
Domșa C, Sandor AD, Mihalca AD. 2016. Climate change and species distribution: possible scenarios for thermophilic ticks in Romania. Geospatial Health 11:421.
Mărcuţan ID, Kalmár Z, Ionică AM, D’Amico G, Mihalca AD, Cozma V, Sandor AD. 2016. Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in ticks of migratory birds in Romania. Parasites & Vectors 9:294.
Ioniță M, Mitrea IL, Ionică AM, Morariu S, Mihalca AD. 2016. New cases of Thelazia callipaeda Haplotype 1 in dogs suggest a wider distribution in Romania. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 16:172-175.
Mihalca AD, Ionică AM, D’Amico G, Daskalaki AA, Deak G, Matei IA, Șimonca V, Iordache D, Modrý D. Gherman CM. 2016. Thelazia callipaeda in wild carnivores from Romania: new host and geographical records. Parasites & Vectors 9:350.
Mitková B, Hrazdilová K, Steinbauer V, D’Amico G, Mihalca AD, Modrý D. 2016. Autochthonous Hepatozoon infection in hunting dogs and foxes from the Czech Republic. Parasitology Research, in press.
Gherman CM, Deak G, Matei IA, Ionică AM, D'Amico G, Taulescu M, Barbu-Tudoran L, Sarmasi A, Mihalca AD; Cozma V. 2016. A rare cardiopulmonary parasite of European badgers (Meles meles): first description of the larvae, ultrastructure, pathological changes and molecular identification of Angiostrongylus daskalovi (Janchev and Genov 1988). Parasites & Vectors 9:423.

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