HR Excellence in Science

prof. Ing. Martin Kváč, Ph.D.

Funkce: Vedoucí laboratoře - Laboratoř veterinární a medicínské protistologie

Kontaktní údaje

Telefon: +420 387775419
E-mail: kvac@paru.cas.cz
Místnost: 113

Popis

Výzkumné zaměření

  • Endoparazité hospodářských a volně žijících zvířat zahrnující infektivitu, patogenitu a hostitelské vztahy

 

 

Priority

Oportunističtí prvoci, zejména kryptosporidie, mikrosporidie a giardie

 

Odborný životopis

Vzdělání

  • 1993-1999 Zemědělská fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích (Ing.)
  • 1999-2003 Zemědělská fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích (PhD.)

Profesní profil

  • 2003-dosud Parazitologický ústav, BC AVČR, v.v.i. (vědecký pracovník)
  • 2004-dosud Zemědělská fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích (odborný asistent)

Studijní pobyty

  • Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria (2000)
  • Institut für Parasitologie und Zoologie, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria (2000)
  • Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia USA (2007)

Další aktivity

  • Školitel bakalářských a magisterských diplomových prací na Jihočeské univerzitě v Českých Budějovicích

Grantové projekty

  • Occurence of microsporidia on the pig farms (2007)
  • Immune response of mice to infection with different gastric cryptosporidia from mammals (2007-2009)
  • Zoonotic potencial of Cryptosporidium species infecting cattle and pigs (2007-2009)
  • Host specifity and morphological variability of pig cryptosporidia (2006)
  • Gastric cryptosporidia in mammals: variability and host specificity (2005-2007)
  • Impact of increased contact with humans on diversity and ecology of protozoan parasites of African great apes (2009-2011) 
  • Prevalence, genotypic characterization and clinical effects caused by Blastocystis hominisi n patients with HIV and AIDS (2010-2012)
  • Use of genetic and biotechnological methods for improving the health of animals (2010-2012) 
  • Diversity, biology and phylogeny of Cryptosporidium spp. parasiting in rodents (2011-2014)
  • Anti-inflammatory activity of extracts isolated from selected Indonesian plants and their effect on opportunistic parasitoses (2011-2015)
  • Development of scientific team and laboratory for infectious diseases common to humans and great apes (2012-2015)
  • Livestock health and food safety - genetic, parasitic and nutritional aspects (2013-2015) 
  • Clinical, immunological and molecular profile of microsporidiosis and cryptosporidiosis in patients living with HIV in the population of Lower Silesia (2013-2014)
  • The application of molecular methods to identify and characterize Microsporidia in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients with kidney disease and evaluating the impact of selected drugs on the process of Microsporidia invasion in in vitro research (2013-2017)
  • Revealing Cryptosporidium diversity: Linking genetic variation to parasite biology (2015-2017)
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Zahraniční stáže

  • Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria (2000)
  • Institut für Parasitologie und Zoologie, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria (2000)
  • Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia USA (2007)
  • Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia USA (2008)
  • Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Wrocław, Poland (2009)
  • Center for Food Safety, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Griffin, Georgia, USA  (2011)
  • North Dakota State University, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota, USA (2011)
  • North Dakota State University, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota, USA (2012)
  • North Dakota State University, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota, USA (2014)
  • University of Ottawa, Department of Biology, Ottawa Canada (2015)

Výuka Ochrana zdraví zvířat / Animal Health Protection
Zemědělská fakulta Jihočeské univerzity / Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia

Veterinární parazitologie / Veterinary Parasitology
Zemědělská fakulta Jihočeské univerzity / Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia

Zoohygiena a prevence chorob hospodářských zvířat / Hygiene and Prevention of Diseases in Farm Animals
Zemědělská fakulta Jihočeské univerzity / Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia

Publikace
Celkem nalezeno: 156 záznamů
Beránková H., Konečný R., Trávníček J., Hořčičková M., Friedbergerová E., Zábranský L., Sak B., Holubová N., Kváč M. (2024) Effect of bisphenol S and bisphenol A on morphometric and hormonal changes of thyroid gland and iodine concentration in urine of Wistar rats Journal of Central European Agriculture 25 : 461–469.
DOI: 10.5513/JCEA01/25.2.4198
Čížková D., Schmiedová L., Kváč M., Sak B., Macholán M., Piálek J., Kreisinger J. (2024) The effect of host admixture on wild house mouse gut microbiota is weak when accounting for spatial autocorrelation Molecular Ecology 24 : e17192.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17192
Holubová N., Zikmundová V., Kicia M., Zajączkowska Ž., Rajský M., Konečný R., Rost M., Mravcová K., Sak B., Kváč M. (2024) Genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp., Encephalitozoon spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in feral and captive pigeons in Central Europe Parasitology Research 123 : 158.
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-024-08169-2
Procter M., Savikumar S., Hamdan L., Al Naqbi S., Kváč M., Schuster R.K., Qablan M. (2024) Genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium species from diarrhoeic ungulates in the United Arab Emirates Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 54 : 101067.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101067
Sak B., Fibigerová M., Mravcová K., Holubová N., Šikutová S., Fenclová J., Kváč M., Rudolf I. (2024) Tick-borne microsporidiosis: ticks as a neglected source of human microsporidian infections? Emerging Microbes and Infections 13 : 2384472.
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2384472
Sak B., Gottliebová P., Nyčová E., Holubová N., Fenclová J., Kicia M., Zajączkowska Ž., Kváč M. (2024) Microsporidia (Encephalitozoon cuniculi) in patients with degenerative hip and knee disease, Czech Republic Emerging Infectious Diseases 30 : 3.
DOI: 10.3201/eid3003.231263
Sak B., Mansfeldová K., Brdíčková K., Gottliebová P., Nyčová E., Holubová N., Fenclová J., Kicia M., Zajączkowska Ž., Kváč M. (2024) Encephalitozoon cuniculi in cerebrospinal fluid: disseminated latent microsporidiosis as a potential cause of threat to human health Emerging Infectious Diseases 30 : 1263-1266.
DOI: 10.3201/eid3006.231585
Szydłowicz M., Zajączkowska Ž., Lewicka A., Łukianowski B., Kamiński M., Holubová N., Sak B., Kváč M., Kicia M. (2024) Host-specific Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in shelter dogs from central Europe Parasitology 151 : 351–362.
DOI: 10.1017/S003118202400009X
Zikmundová V., Horáková V., Tůmová L., Koudela B., Holubová N., Sak B., Rost M., Beranová K., Kváč M. (2024) Pet chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera): Source of zoonotic Giardia intestinalis, Cryptosporidium ubiquitum and microsporidia of the genera Encephalitozoon and Enterocytozoon Veterinary Parasitology 331 : 110275.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110275
Baštýřová Brutovská A., Vogalová P., Rost M., Sak B., Kváč M. (2023) Calicophoron daubneyi (Dinnik, 1962) (Digenea) in beef and dairy cattle in the Czech Republic: prevalence and drug efficacy Folia Parasitologica 70 : 001.
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2023.001
Hoque S., Pinto P. , Ribeiro C.A., Canniere E., Daandels Y., Dellevoet M., Bourgeois A., Hammouma O., Hunter P., Gentekaki E., Kváč M., Follet J., Tsaousis A. (2023) Follow-up investigation into Cryptosporidium prevalence and transmission in Western European dairy farms Veterinary Parasitology 318 : 109920.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2023.109920
Huang J., Chen M., He Y., Chen H., Huang M., Li N., Ryan U., Kváč M., Feng Y., Xiao L. , Guo Y. (2023) Cryptosporidium equi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae): biological and genetic characterisations International Journal for Parasitology 53 : 545-554.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.02.008
Ježková J., Holubová N., Kvičerová J., Matějů J., Sak B., Kváč M. (2023) European ground squirrels Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) do not share identical Cryptosporidium spp. with North American ground squirrels. Folia Parasitologica 70 : 016.
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2023.016
Tůmová L., Ježková J., Prediger J., Holubová N., Sak B., Konečný R., Květoňová D., Hlásková L., Rost M., McEvoy J., Xiao L. , Santin M., Kváč M. (2023) Cryptosporidium mortiferum n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae), the species causing lethal cryptosporidiosis in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) Parasites and Vectors 16 : 235.
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-05844-8
He X., Huang W., Sun L., Hou T., Wan Z., Li N., Guo Y., Kváč M., Xiao L., Feng Y. (2022) A productive immunocompetent mouse model of cryptosporidiosis with long oocyst shedding duration for immunological studies Journal of Infection 84 : 710–721.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.019
Hoque S., Mavrides D.E., Pinto P. , Costas S. , Begum N., Azevedo-Ribeiro C., Liapi M., Kváč M., Malas S., Gentekaki E., Tsaousis A. (2022) High Occurrence of Zoonotic Subtypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in Cypriot Dairy Farms Microorganisms 10 : 531.
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10030531
Kicia M., Zajączkowska Ž., Kváč M., Cebulski K., Holubová N., Wencel P., Mayer L., Wesołowska M., Sak B. (2022) Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Extraintestinal Microsporidiosis in Bird Owners Emerging Infectious Diseases 27 : 3.
DOI: 10.3201/eid2803.211556
Pinto P. , Ribeiro C.A., Kváč M., Tsaousis A. (2022) Cryptosporidium In: W. de Souza (Ed.), Lifecycles of Pathogenic Protists in Humans, Microbiology Monographs series - Volume 35 617 : 331-389.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80682-8_7
Sak B., Holubová N., Květoňová D., Hlásková L., Tinavská J., Kicia M., Zajączkowska Ž., Kváč M. (2022) Comparison of the Concentration of Encephalitozoon cuniculi Genotypes I and III in Inflammatory Foci Under Experimental Conditions Journal of Inflammation Research 15 : 2721–2730.
DOI: 10.2147/JIR.S363509
Sak B., Kváč M. (2022) Chronic infections in mammals due to microsporidia In: L.M. Weiss and A. W. Reinke (Eds.), Microsporidia: Current Advances in Biology (Experientia Supplementum 114). Springer, Cham 415 : 319–371.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93306-7_12

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