Jan Votypka

Department of Parasitology

Faculty of Science, Charles University

Vinicna 7

128 44  Prague 2

Czech Republic

Institute of Parasitology

Czech Academy of Science

Branišovská 31

370 05  Ceske Budejovice

Czech Republic

Interests

 

List of Publications

2012

 

Votýpka J., Klepetková H., Yurchenko V., Horák A., Lukeš J. & Maslov A. (2012) Cosmopolitan distribution of a trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. Protist in press

Votýpka J., Klepetková H., Jirků M., Kment P. Lukeš J. (2012) Phylogenetic relationships of trypanosomatids parasitizing true bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera) in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal for Parasitology accepted.

Votýpka J., Szabová J., Rádrová J., Zítková L. & Svobodová M. (2012). Trypanosoma culicavium sp. nov., an avian trypanosome transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 62: 745–754.

Gouzelou E., Haralambous Ch., Amro A., Mentis A., Pratlong F., Dedet J.-P., Votypka J., Volf P., Toz S. O., Kuhls K., Schönian G. & Soteriadou K. (2012) Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) of strains from Turkey and Cyprus reveals a novel monophyletic L. donovani sensu lato group. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6(2): 1–12. (e1507. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001507).

Votýpka J., Kasap O. E., Volf P., Kodym P., Alten B. (2012). Risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Cukurova region, Turkey. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 106: 186–190..

 

2011

 

Boubidi S. C., Benallal K., Boudrissa A., Bouiba L., Bouchareb B., Garni R., Bouratbine A., Ravel C., Dvorak V., Votypka J., Volf P. & Harrat Z. (2011) Phlebotomus sergenti (Parrot, 1917) identified as Leishmania killicki host in Ghardaia, south Algeria. Microbes and Infection 13: 691–696.

Dostálová A., Votýpka J., Favreau A. J., Barbian K. D., Volf P., Valenzuela J. G. & Jochim R. C. (2011) The midgut transcriptome of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) perniciosus, a vector of Leishmania infantum: comparison of sugar fed and blood fed sand flies. BMC Genomics 12 (223): 1–21. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-223)

Maia C., Seblova V., Sadlova J., Votypka J. & Volf P. (2011) Experimental transmission of Leishmania infantum by two major vectors: a comparison between a viscerotropic and a dermotropic strain. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(6): 1–6. (e1181. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001181)

Dvorak V., Votypka J., Aytekin A., Alten B. & Volf P. (2011) Intraspecific variability of natural populations of Phlebotomus sergenti, the main vector of Leishmania tropica. Journal of Vector Ecology 36 Supplement: S49–S57.

Černý O., Votýpka J. & Svobodová M. (2011) Spatial feeding preferences of ornithophilic mosquitoes, black flies, and biting midges (Diptera: Culicidae, Simuliidae, Ceratopogonidae). Medical and Veterinary Entomology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00875.x.

 

2010

Vinkler M., Schnitzer J., Munclinger P., Votýpka J. & Albrecht T. (2010) Haematological health assessment in a passerine with extremely high proportion of basophils in peripheral blood. Journal of Ornithology 151: 841–849.

Votýpka J., Maslov A., Yurchenko V., Jirků M., Kment P., Lun Z.-R. & Lukeš J. (2010) Probing into the diversity of trypanosomatid flagellates parasitizing insect hosts in South-West China reveals both endemism and global dispersal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 243–253. 

Zídková L., Čepička I., Votýpka J. & Svobodová M. (2010) Herpetomonas trimorpha sp. nov. (Trypanosomatidae, Kinetoplastida), a parasite of the biting midge Culicoides truncorum (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60: 2236–2246.

Lantová L., Ghosh K., Svobodová M., Braig H. R., Rowton E., Weina P., Volf P. & Votýpka J. (2010) The life cycle and host specificity of Psychodiella sergenti n. sp. and Ps. tobbi n. sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) in sand flies Phlebotomus sergenti and Ph. tobbi (Diptera: Psychodidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 105: 182–189. 

Sádlová J., Price H. P., Smith B. A. Votýpka J., Volf P. & Smith D. F. (2010) The stage-regulated HASPB and SHERP proteins are essential for differentiation of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major in its sand fly vector, Phlebotomus papatasi. Cellular Microbiology 12: 1765–1779.  

Dvorak V., Votypka J., Volf P., Alten B. & Aytekin M. (2010) Intraspecific variability of Phlebotomus sergenti, a vector of human cutaneous leishmaniasis, and its possible epidemiological implications. VBORNET Newsletter 8 (special issue ‘SAND FLIES’): 23–25.

 

2009

Votýpka J., Lantová L., Ghosh K., Braig H. R. & Volf P. (2009) Molecular characterization of gregarines from sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and description of Psychodiella n. g. (Apicomplexa: Gregarinida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56: 583–588. 

Votýpka J., Synek P. & Svobodová M. (2009) Endophagy of biting midges attacking cavity-nesting birds. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 23: 277–280.

Svobodová M., Alten B., Zídková L., Dvořák V., Hlavačková J., Myšková J., Šeblová V., Kasap O. E., Belen A., Votýpka J. & Volf P. (2009) Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum transmitted by Phlebotomus tobbi. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 251–256.

 

2008

Votýpka J., Šeblová V. & Rádrová J. (2009) Spread of the West Nile virus vector Culex modestus and the potential malaria vector Anopheles hyrcanus in central Europe. Journal of Vector Ecology 33: 269–277.

Volfová V., Hostomská J., Černý M., Votýpka J. & Volf P. (2008) Hyaluronidase of bloodsucking insects and its enhancing effect on Leishmania infection in mice. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2 (9): 1-8, e294. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000294.

Sloboda M., Kamler M., Bulantová J., Votýpka J. & Modrý D. (2008) Rodents as intermediate hosts of Hepatozoon ayorgbor (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Hepatozoidae) from the African ball python, Python regius? Folia Parasitologica 55: 13–16.

Myšková J., Votýpka J. & Volf P. (2008) Leishmania in sand flies: Comparison of quantitative polymerase chain reaction with other techniques to determine the intensity of infection. Journal of Medical Entomology 45: 133–138..

 

2007

Herder S., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Rádrová J., Janzen Ch. J. & Lukeš J. (2007) Trypanosoma brucei 29-13 strain is inducible in but not permissive for the tsetse fly vector. Experimental Parasitology 117: 111–114.

Svobodová M., Zídková L., Čepička I., Oborník M., Lukeš J. & Votýpka J. (2007) Sergeia podlipaevi gen. nov., sp. nov. (Trypanosomatidae, Kinetoplastida), a parasite of biting midges (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57: 423–432.

Sloboda M., Kamler M., Bulantová J., Votýpka J. & Modrý D. (2007) A new species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) from Python regius (Serpentes: Pythonidae) and its experimental transmission by a mosquito vector. The Journal of Parasitology 93: 1189–1198.

Lacina L., Kojanová M., Šlajsová M., Štork J., Kolářová L. & Votýpka J. (2007) Klinický případ: Erytematózní makulopapuly na trupu. Česko-slovenská dermatologie 82: 91–93.

 

2006

Sádlová J., Volf P., Victoir K., Dujardin J.C. & Votýpka J. (2006) Virulent and attenuated lines of Leishmania major: DNA karyotypes and differences in metalloproteinase GP63. Folia Parasitologica 53: 81–90.

Svobodová M., Votýpka J., Pecková J., Dvořák V., Nasereddin A., Baneth G., Stern J., Kravchenko V., Orr A., Meir D., Schnur L. F., Volf P. & Wartburg A. (2006) Distinct transmission cycles of Leishmania tropica in 2 adjacent foci, northern Israel. Emerging Infectious Diseases 12: 1860–1868.

Svobodová M., Volf P. & Votýpka J. (2006) Experimental transmission of Leishmania tropica to hyraxes (Procavia capensis) by the bite of Phlebotomus arabicus. Microbes and Infection 8: 1691–1694.

Dvořák V., Aytekin A. M., Alten B., Škařupová S., Votýpka J. & Volf P. (2006) A comparison of the intraspecific variability of Phlebotomus sergenti Parrot, 1917 (Diptera: Psychodidae). Journal of Vector Ecology 31: 229–238.

 

2004

Volf P., Hajmová M., Sádlová J. & Votýpka J. (2004) Blocked stomodeal valve of the insect vector: Similar mechanism of transmission in two trypanosomatid models. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 1221–1227.

Votýpka J., Lukeš J. & Oborník M. (2004) Phylogenetic relationship of Trypanosoma corvi with other avian trypanosomes. Acta Protozoologica 43: 225–231.

Podlipaev S., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Svobodová M. & Lukeš J. (2004) Herpetomonas ztiplika n. sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae): A parasite of the blood-sucking biting midge Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga, 1937 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). The Journal of Parasitology 90: 342–347.

Svobodová M., Voříšek P., Votýpka J. & Weidinger K. (2004) Heteroxenous coccidia (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) in the populations of their final and intermediate hosts: European buzzard and small mammals. Acta Protozoologica 43: 251–260.

Modrý D., Votýpka J. & Svobodová M. (2004) Note on the taxonomy of Frenkelia microti (Findlay & Middleton, 1934) (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae). Systematic Parasitology 58: 185–187.

Votýpka J. & Svobodová M. (2004) Trypanosoma avium: Experimental transmission from black flies to canaries. Parasitology Research 92: 147–151.

Votýpka J. (2004) Blood parasites of birds and their vectors (Summary of Ph.D. thesis)

 

2003

Votýpka J., Šimek J. & Tryjanowski P. (2003) Blood parasites, reproduction and sexual selection in the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio). Annales Zoologici Fennici 40: 431–439.

Šlapeta J.R., Modrý D., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Lukeš J. & Koudela B. (2003) Evolutionary relationships among cyst-forming coccidia Sarcocystis spp. (Alveolata: Apicomplexa: Coccidea) in endemic African tree vipers and perspective for evolution of heteroxenous life cycle. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27: 464–475.

Svobodová M., Votýpka J., Nicolas L. & Volf P. (2003) Leishmania tropica in the black rat (Rattus rattus): persistence and transmission from asymptomatic host to sand fly vector. Microbes and Infection 5: 361–364.

Svobodová M. & Votýpka J. (2003) Experimental transmission of Leishmania tropica to hamsters and mice by the bite of Phlebotomus sergenti. Microbes and Infection 5: 471–474.

Jacobson R. L., Eisenberger C. L., Svobodová M., Baneth G., Sztern J., Carvalho J., Nasereddin A., El Fari M., Shalom U., Volf P., Votýpka J., Dedet J. P., Pratlong F., Schönian G., Schnur L. F., Jaffe C. L. & Warburg A. (2003) Outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Israel. Journal of Infection Diseases 188: 1065–1073.

 

2002

Votýpka J., Oborník M., Volf P., Svobodová M. & Lukeš J. (2002) Trypanosoma avium of raptors (Falconiformes): phylogeny and identification of vectors. Parasitology 125: 253–263.

Lukeš J., Guilbride L.D., Votýpka J., Zíková A., Benne R. & Englund P.T. (2002) Kinetoplast DNA network: Evolution of an improbable structure. Eukaryotic Cell 1: 495–502. (Minireview)

Šlapeta J.R., Koudela B., Votýpka J., Modrý D., Hořejš R. & Lukeš J. (2002) Coprodiagnosis of Hammondia heydorni in dogs by PCR based amplification of ITS 1 rRNA: Differentiation from morphologically indistinguishable oocysts of Neospora caninum. The Veterinary Journal 163: 147–154.

Volf P., Ozbel Y., Akkafa F., Svobodová M., Votýpka J. & Chang K.-P. (2002) Sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in Sanliurfa, Turkey: Relationship of Phlebotomus sergenti with the epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. Journal of Medical Entomology 39: 12–15.

 

2001

Votýpka J., Ray D.S. & Lukeš J. (2001) Crithidia fasciculata: a test for genetic exchange. Experimental Parasitology 99: 104–107.

Šlapeta J.R., Modrý D., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Oborník M., Lukeš J. & Koudela B. (2001) Eimeria telekii n.sp. (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) from Lemniscomys striatus (Rodentia: Muridae): morphology, pathology and phylogeny. Parasitology 122: 133–143.

Šlapeta J.R., Modrý D., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Koudela B. & Lukeš J. (2001) Multiple origin of the dihomoxenous life cycle in sarcosporidia. International Journal for Parasitology 31:  413–417.

 

2000

Hrdá Š., Votýpka J., Kodym P. & Flegr J. (2000) Transient nature of Toxoplasma gondii-induced behavioral changes in mice. Journal of Parasitology 86: 657–663.

Lukeš J. & Votýpka J. (2000) Trypanosoma avium: Novel features of the kinetoplast structure. Experimental Parasitology 96: 178–181.

 

1999

Mugridge N.B., Morrison D.A., Johnson A.M., Luton K., Dubey J.P., Votýpka J. & Tenter A.M. (1999) Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Frenkelia: a review of its history and new knowledge gained from comparison of large subunit ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene sequences. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 957–972.

Koudela B., Modrý D., Svobodová M., Votýpka J., Vávra J. & Hudcovic T. (1999) The severe combined immunodeficient mouse as definitive host for Sarcocystis muris. Parasitology Research 85: 737–742.

Doležel D., Koudela B., Jirků M., Hypša V., Oborník M., Votýpka J., Modrý D., Šlapeta J.R. & Lukeš J. (1999) Phylogenetic analysis of Sarcocystis spp. of mammals and reptiles supports the coevolution of Sarcocystis spp. with the final hosts. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 795–798.

 

1998

Svobodová M. & Votýpka J. (1998) [Occurrence of blood protists in raptors (Falconiformes)]. Buteo 10: 51–54.

Voříšek P., Votýpka J., Zvára K. & Svobodová M. (1998) Heteroxenous coccidia increase the predation risk of parasitized rodents. Parasitology 117: 521–524. 

Votýpka J., Hypša V., Jirků M., Flegr J., Vávra J. & Lukeš J. (1998) Molecular phylogenetic of Frenkelia spp. (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) to Sarcocystis falcatula Stiles 1893: Is the genus Sarcocystis paraphyletic? The Journal of Eucaryotic Microbiology 45: 137–141.

 

1997

Voříšek P., Krištín A., Obuch J. & Votýpka J. (1997) [Diet of common buzzard in the Czech Republic and its importance for gamekeeping]. Buteo 9: 57–68.

 

Selected Abstracts

(Vector-Parasites Interaction)