Vojtech Boldiš, František Ondriska, Daniela Antolová, Martina Miterpáková, Marcela Bastlová, Jakub Steinhübel
Dirofilariasis caused by the filarial nematode Dirofilaria repens is mainly a disease of dogs. Humans can also be accidentally infected. Mosquitoes transmit the infective larvae....
Epidemiology of dirofilariosis in Slovakia
Martina Miterpáková, František Ondriska, Daniela Antolová, Vojtech Boldiš
Human dirofilariosis, a mosquito-borne infection caused by Dirofilaria nematodes, is currently considered to be an emerging zoonosis in the territory of the Central Europe. Climate...
Prevention of toxoplasmosis in patients in an organ transplant program
František Ondriska, Vojtech Boldiš, Peter Lesný, Eva Goncalvesová, Veronika Šimovičová, Marcela Bastlová, Jakub Steinhübel, Kamila Bírová, Marta Ondrušková
As part of the prevention of toxoplasmosis in patients in the transplant program, we serologically examined 325 patients before and after heart transplantation (HTx –...
Prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy in Slovakia
František Ondriska, Vojtech Boldiš, Marta Ondrušková, Marcela Bastlová, Jakub Steinhübel, Kamila Bírová, Alena Počarovská
Since 2006, the Slovak Republic is one of five European countries with compulsory serological screening for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy. Serological testing starts in the first...