Jan Votýpka

Web of Science ResearcherID: C-5313-2012; ORCID: 0000-0002-0552-9363; Jan Votypka's Team Information

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

2026

• Volfová K., Hönig V., Houda M., Papežík P., Lesiczka P.M., Fonville K., Sprong H., Černá Bolfíková B., Hulva P., Růžek D., Hofmannová L., Votýpka J. & Modrý D. (2026) Turning urban wildlife mortality into a surveillance tool: Detection of vector-borne pathogens in carcasses of hedgehogs, squirrels, and blackbirds. One Health 22: 101328, 1–13.

2025

• Modrý D., Hainisch E.K., Fuehrer H., Kniha E., Unterköfler M., Sádlová J., Jahn P., Řeháková K., Sedlák L. & Votýpka J. (2025). Emergence of autochthonous Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis infections in horses, Czech Republic and Austria, 2019–2023. Emerging Infectious Diseases 31: 1838–1842.

• Hammerbauerová I., Richtrová E., Kybicová K., Pajer P. & Votýpka J. (2025) Diversity and multiple infections of Bartonella in red deer and deer keds. Pathogens 14:6, 1–14.  

• Votýpka J., Bulantová J. & Lukeš J. (2025) Pthirus pubis (pubic louse). (Parasite of the Month) Trends in Parasitology 41: 1062–1063.

• Votýpka J., Jirků M., Spodareva V., Režnarová J., Poloprutská K., Pajer P., Milner D., Richards T., Yurchenko V., Ibáñez R., Lukeš J. & Kostygov A.Y. (2025) Trypanosomes in Neotropical frogs: unveiling hidden megadiversity and complex host–parasite patterns. Open Biology 15:250190, 1–16.

• Akhoundi M., Maroli M., Gradoni L., Izri A., Dedet J.-P., Votýpka J., Guernaoui S., Benikhlef R., Eddaikra N., Bates P., Sereno D. & Depaquit J. (2025) A pictorial identification key for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Phlebotomus sand flies. Scientific Reports 15:7492, 1–103.

• Babyesiza, S.W., Fornůsková, A., Katakweba, A., Kigai R., Hadová K., Kaguendo JLN, Bonaventure LDS, Tabiti P., Aebischer T., de Bellocq JG, Bryja J. & Votýpka J. (2025) Hidden diversity and host specificity of bat trypanosomes in East and Central Africa. Parasitology Research 124:101, 1–8.

• Tashyreva D., Votýpka J., Yabuki A., Horák A. & Lukeš J. (2025) Description of new diplonemids (Diplonemea, Euglenozoa) and their endosymbionts: Charting the morphological diversity of these poorly known heterotrophic flagellates. Protist 177:126090, 1–19.

• Záhonová K., Füssy Z., Albanaz A.T.S., Butenko A., Kachale A., Kraeva N., Galan A., Zakharova A., Stojanova B., Votýpka J., Kostygov A.Y., Spodareva V.V., Malysheva M.N., Frolov A.O., Rogozin I.B., Paris Z., Valášek L.S., Yurchenko V. & Lukeš J. (2025) Comparative genomic analysis of trypanosomatid protists illuminates an extensive change in the nuclear genetic code. mBio 16:6, 1–25.

• Pekľanská M., Kuníková K., Vlčková R., Slabová, H., Hartmann D., Volfová K., Rudolf I., Šikutová S., Rego R.O.M., Noriega F.G., Hajdušek O., Perner J., Votýpka J., Nouzová M. & Šíma R. (2025) Experimental evidence rules out mosquitoes as vectors of Lyme disease. Parasites & Vectors 18:206, 1–9.

• Hošková A., Didkowska A., Vojtková B., Bečvář T., Dvořák V., Kwiecień E., Klich D., Olech W., Votýpka J. & Sádlová J. (2025) Trypanosomatids in European bison (Bison bonasus): insights from biting midges and tissue screening. European Journal of Wildlife Research 71:80, 1–6.

• Chagas C.R.F., Bernotienė R., Bobeva A., Bukauskaitė D., Ferraguti M., Gutiérrez-Lopez R., Kazak M. Mathieu B., Valavičiūte-Pocienė K., Santiago-Alarcon D., Svobodová M., Veiga J., Votýpka J., Žiegytė R. & Martínez-de la Puente J. (2025) A literature review on the role of Culicoides in the transmission of avian blood parasites in Europe. Parasites Vectors 18:329.

• Veitova L., Pikula J., Votýpka J., Linhart P., Kokesova V., Lesiczka P.M., Piacek V., Sedlackova J., Sindelarova A., Heger T. & Bandouchova H. (2025) European Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) as an accidental host of Trypanosoma pestanai. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 27:101079, 1–3.

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  Modrý D., Daněk O., Cibulka P., Kybicová K., Votýpka J. (2025) Infekce bartonellami u koček a nemoc z kočičího škrábnutí (CDS): reálná hrozba v ČR. Veterinární Lékař 23(4): 253–256.

2024

• Votýpka J., Zeman Š., Stříbrná E., Pajer P., Bartoš O., Kment P., Lukeš J. IV. & Lukeš J. III. (2024) Multiple and frequent trypanosomatid co-infections of insects: the Cuban case study. Parasitology 151: 567–578.

• Hartmann D., Votýpka J., Lukeš J. & Perner J. (2024) Dermanyssus gallinae (Poultry red mite). (Parasite of the Month) Trends in Parasitology 40: 1055–1056.

• Babyesiza W.S., Katakweba A., Fornůsková A., Ssuunaf J., Akoth S., Mpagi J., Goüy de Bellocq J., Bryja J. & Votýpka J. (2024) Trypanosome diversity in small mammals in Uganda and the spread of Trypanosoma lewisi to native species. Parasitology Research 123:54.

• Kostygov A.Yu., Chmelová L., Reichl J., Jászayová A., Votýpka J., Fuehrer H.‑P., Yurchenko V. (2024) Parasites of firebugs in Austria with focus on the “micro”‑diversity of the cosmopolitan trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. Parasitology Research 123:27.

• Grybchuk D., Galan A., Klocek D., Macedo D.H., Wolf Y.I., Votýpka J., Butenko A., Lukeš J., Neri U., Záhonová K., Kostygov A.Y., Koonin E.V. & Yurchenko V. (2024) Identification of diverse RNA viruses in Obscuromonas flagellates (Euglenozoa: Trypanosomatidae: Blastocrithidiinae). Virus Evolution 10(1):veae037.

• Cayo L.S., Hammerbauerova I., Sommer J., Nemati Z., Ballhorn W., Tsukayama P., Dichter A., Votýpka J. & Kempf V.A.J. (2024) Genome sequences of three Bartonella schoenbuchensis strains from Czechia. Microbiology Resource Announcements 13:8, 1–4.

Jiménez-Mejías P. et. al. (2024) Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal. BioScience 74: 467–472.)

2023

• Kachale A., Pavlíková Z., Nenarokova A., Roithová A., Durante I.M, Miletínová P., Záhonová K., Nenarokov S., Votýpka J., Horáková E., Ross R.L., Yurchenko V., Beznosková P., Paris Z., Valášek L.S. & Lukeš J. (2023) Short tRNA anticodon stem and mutant eRF1 allow stop codon reassignment. Nature 613: 751–758.   ; COVER

• Krejčí A.B., Votýpková K., Lukeš J. & Votýpka J. (2023) Varroa destructor. (Parasite of the Month) Trends in Parasitology 39: 487–488.

• Erban T., Parizkova K., Sopko B., Talacko P., Markovic M., Jarosova J. & Votypka J. (2023) Imidacloprid increases the prevalence of the intestinal parasite Lotmaria passim in honey bee workers. Science of The Total Environment 905:166973, 1–12.

• Bartoš O., Klimešová B., Volfová K., Chmel M., Dresler J., Pajer P., Kabíčková H., Adamík P., Modrý D., Myslivcová-Fučíková A. & Votýpka J. (2023) Two novel Bartonella (sub)species isolated from edible dormice (Glis glis): hints of cultivation stress-induced genomic changes. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1289671, 1–13.

• Albanaz A.T.S., Butenko A., Kostygov A.Y., Votýpka J., Yurchenko V. (2023) Transcriptome of Lafontella sp., an obscure relative of Phytomonas and Herpetomonas. Protistology 17: 109–117.

• Albanaz A.T.S., Carrington M., Frolov A.O., Ganyukova A.I., Gerasimov E.S., Kostygov A.Y., Lukeš J., Malysheva M.N., Votýpka J., Zakharova A., Záhonová K., Zimmer S.L., Yurchenko V. & Butenko A. (2023) Shining the spotlight on the neglected: new high-quality genome assemblies as a gateway to understanding the evolution of Trypanosomatidae. BMC Genomics 24:471, 1–15.

• Klocek D., Grybchuk D., Tichá L., Votýpka J., Volf P., Kostygov A.Y. & Yurchenko V. (2023) Evolution of RNA viruses in trypanosomatids: new insights from the analysis of Sauroleishmania. Parasitology Research 122: 2279–2286.

• Klocek D., Grybchuk D., Macedo D.H., Galan A., Votýpka J., Schmid-Hempel R., Schmid-Hempel P., Yurchenko V., Kostygov A.Y. (2023) RNA viruses of Crithidia bombi, a parasite of bumblebees. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 201:107991, 1–8.

• Macedo, D.H., Grybchuk, D., Režnarová, J. Jan Votýpka J., Klocek D., Yurchenko T., Ševčik J., Magri A., Dolinska M.U., Zahonova K., Lukeš J., Serviené E., Jaszayova A., Serva S., Malysheva M.N., Frolov A.O., Yurchenko V. & Kostygov A.Y. (2023) Diversity of RNA viruses in the cosmopolitan monoxenous trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. BMC Biology 21:191, 1–18.

• Hrazdilova K., Danek O., Hrbatova A., Cervena B., Noskova E., Adamik P., Votypka J., Mihalca A.D., Noureddine M., Modry D. & Zurek L. (2023) Genetic analysis challenges the presence of Ixodes inopinatus in Central Europe: development of a multiplex PCR to distinguish I. inopinatus from I. ricinus. Parasites & Vectors 16:354, 2–10.

• Svobodová M., Čepička I., Zídková L., Kassahun A., Votýpka J., Peške L., Hrazdilová K., Brzoňová J., Voříšek P. & Weidinger K. (2023) Blood parasites (Trypanosoma, Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus) in the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus): diversity, incidence and persistence of infection at the individual level. Parasites & Vectors 16:15, 1–16.

Jan Votýpka, Iva Kolářová, Petr Horák Hrsg. (2023) Von Parasiten und Menschen. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65696-9

(ISBN des eBooks: 978-3-662-65696-9; ISBN des gedruckten Buches: 978-3-662-65695-2)

Jan Votýpka, Iva Kolářová, Petr Horák a kol. (2023) O parazitech a lidech - 2., rozšířené vydání. Triton, Praha, 376 pp., ISBN 978-80-7684-209-0

2022

• Votýpka J., Stříbrná E., Modrý D., Bryja J., Bryjová A. & Lukeš J. (2022) Unexpectedly high diversity of trypanosomes in small sub-Saharan mammals. International Journal for Parasitology 52: 647–658.

• Lukeš J., Kachale A., Votýpka J., Butenko A. & Field M.C. (2022) African trypanosome strategies for conquering new hosts and territories: the end of monophyly? Trends in Parasitology 38: 724–736.

• Štefka J., Votýpka J., Lukeš J. & Balvín O. (2022) Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus (bed bugs). (Parasite of the Month) Trends in Parasitology 38: 919–920.

• Mendoza-Roldan J.A., Votýpka J., Bandi C., Epis S., Modrý D., Tichá L., Volf P. & Otranto D. (2022) Leishmania tarentolae: A new frontier in the epidemiology and control of the leishmaniases. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69: e1326–e1337.

• Mendoza-Roldan J.A., Zatelli A., Latrofa M.S., Iatta R., Bezerra-Santos M.A., Annoscia G., Gernone F., Votýpka J., Modrý D., Tichá L., Volf P. & Otranto D. (2022) Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae isolation and sympatric occurrence with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in geckoes, dogs and sand flies. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16(8): e0010650.

• Lesiczka P.M., Daněk O., Modrý D., Hrazdilová K., Votýpka J. & Zurek L. (2022) A new report of adult Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes in the Czech Republic. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 13: 101894.

• Tuska-Szalay B., Kelly H., Takács N., Kontschán J., Votýpka J. & Hornok S. (2022) Molecular evidence of Monocercomonas and Acanthamoeba in the feces of captive reptiles. Parasitology Research 121: 3681–3687.

• Tuska-Szalay B., Sipos G., Takács N., Kontschán J., Sándor A.D., Péter Á., Berta K., Kerek Á., Jerzsele Á., Votýpka J. & Hornok S. (2022) Molecular epidemiological study of Trichomonas gallinae focusing on central and southeastern Europe. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9:1050561.

• Linhart P., Bandouchova H., Zukal J, Votýpka J., Baláž V., Heger T., Kalocsanyiova V., Kubickova A., Nemcova M., Sedlackova J., Seidlova V., Veitova L., Vlaschenko A., Divinova R. & Pikula J. (2022) Blood parasites and health status of hibernating and non-hibernating noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula). Microorganisms 10: 1028.

2021

• Kostygov A.Y., Karnkowska A., Votýpka J., Tashyreva D., Maciszewski K., Yurchenko V. & Lukeš J. (2021) Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses. Open Biology 11: 200407. (one of the top five most highly cited articles published in Open Biology in 2021)

• Lukeš J., Tesařová M., Yurchenko V. & Votýpka J. (2021) Characterization of a new cosmopolitan genus of trypanosomatidparasites, Obscuromonas gen. nov. (Blastocrithidiinae subfam. nov.). European Journal of Protistology 79: 125778.

• Lesiczka P., Hrazdilová K., Majerová K., Fonville M., Sprong H., Hönig V., Hofmannová L., Papežík P., Růžek D., Zurek L., Votýpka J. & Modrý D. (2021). The role of peridomestic animals in the eco-epidemiology of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Microbial Ecology 82: 602–612..

• Blanvillain C., Saavedra S., Withers T., Votýpka J., Laroucau K., Lowenski S. & Modrý D. (2021) Screening of diseases in wild exotic birds on Tahiti Island – implications for French Polynesian conservation. Pacific Conservation Biology 27: 284–295.

• Majerová K., Gutiérrez R., Fonville K., Hönig V., Papežík P., Hofmannová L., Lesiczka P. M., Nachum-Biala Y., Růžek D., Sprong H., Harrus S., Modrý D. & Votýpka J. (2021) Hedgehogs and squirrels as hosts of zoonotic Bartonella species. Pathogens 10: 686.

• Becvar T., Vojtkova B., Siriyasatien P., Votypka J., Modry D., Jahn P., Bates P., Carpenter S., Volf P. & Sadlova J. (2021) Experimental transmission of Leishmania (Mundinia) parasites by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). PLoS Pathogens 17(6): e1009654.

• Votýpka J., Petrželková K. J, Brzoňová J., Jirků M., Modrý D. & Lukeš J. (2021) How monoxenous trypanosomatids revealed hidden feeding habits of their tsetse fly hosts. Folia Parasitologica 68: 019.

• Modrý D., Hofmannová L., Papežík P., Majerová K., Votýpka J., Hönig V., Růžek D. & Hrazdilová K. (2021) Hepatozoon in Eurasian red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris, its taxonomic identity, and phylogenetic placement. Parasitology Research 120: 2989–2993.

• Vojtkova B., Frynta D., Spitzova T., Lestinova T., Votypka J., Volf P. & Sadlova J (2021) Repeated sand fly bites of infected BALB/c mice enhance the development of Leishmania lesions. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 2: 745104.

Votýpka J. (2021) Méně častá kožní parazitární onemocnění. Česká Dermatovenerologie 11: 17–18.

2020

• Votýpka J., Kment P., Yurchenko V. & Lukeš J. (2020) Endangered monoxenous trypanosomatid parasites: a lesson from island biogeography. Biodiversity and Conservation 29: 3635–3667.

• Majerová K., Hönig V., Houda M., Papežík P., Fonville M., Sprong H., Rudenko N., Golovchenko M., Černá Bolfíková B., Hulva P., Růžek D., Hofmannová L., Votýpka J. & Modrý D. (2020) Hedgehogs, squirrels, and blackbirds as sentinel hosts for active surveillance of Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi complex in urban and rural environments. Microorganisms 8(12): 1908.

• Polanska N., Ishemgulova A., Volfova V., Flegontov P., Votypka J., Yurchenko V. & Volf P. (2020) Sergentomyia schwetzi: Salivary gland transcriptome, proteome and enzymatic activities in two lineages adapted to different blood sources. PLoS ONE 15(3): e0230537. (Supplementary Files )

• Hrazdilová K., Rybářová M., Široký P., Votýpka J., Zintl A., Burgess H., Steinbauer V., Žákovčík V. & Modrý D. (2020) Diversity of Babesia spp. in cervid ungulates based on the 18S rDNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I phylogenies. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 77: 104060.

• Vojtkova B., Spitzova T., Votypka J., Lestinova T., Kominkova I., Hajkova M., Santos-Mateus D., Miles M.A., Volf P. & Sadlova J. (2020) Central Asian rodents as model animals for Leishmania major and Leishmania donovani research. Microorganisms 8: 1440.

• Linhart P., Bandouchova H., Zukal J., Votypka J., Kokurewicz T., Dundarova H., Apoznanski G., Heger T., Kubickova A., Nemcova M., Piacek V., Sedlackova J., Seidlova V., Berkova H., Hanzal V. & Pikula J. (2020) Trypanosomes in Eastern and Central European bats. Acta Veterinaria Brno 89: 69–78.

• Kment P., Votýpka J. & Kostygov A.Y. (2020) Pitfalls of describing new taxa in the age of on-line publications and how to get out of there. Protistology 14: 264–269.

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Lukeš J. & Votýpka J. (2020) Field Isolation and Cultivation of Trypanosomatids from Insects, 3–21. In: Michels P., Ginger M. & Zilberstein D. (eds.) Trypanosomatids. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2116. Humana, New York, NY, 823 pp.

(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0294-2_1; Print ISBN: 978-1-0716-0293-5; Online ISBN: 978-1-0716-0294-2)

Votypka J., Brzonova J. & Petrzelkova K. J. (2020) Trypanosomiasis and Filariasis, 343–371. In: Knauf S. & Jones-Engel L. (eds.) Neglected Diseases in Monkeys: From the Monkey-Human Interface to One Health. Springer International Publishing, 386 pp.

(DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52283-4; Print ISBN: 978-3-030-52282-7; Online ISBN: 978-3-030-52283-4)

Mihalca A.D. & Votýpka J. (2020) Horse Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae). In: Rezaei N. (ed. in chief) Encyclopedia of Infection and Immunity. Vol. 2, pp. 886–894. Oxford, Elsevier.

(https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818731-9.00007-0)

Votýpka J. & Mihalca A.D. (2020) Horn Flies (Haematobia and Haematobosca). In: Rezaei N. (ed. in chief) Encyclopedia of Infection and Immunity. Vol. 2, pp. 895–902. Oxford, Elsevier.

(https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818731-9.00021-5)

2019

• Votýpka J., Kment P., Kriegová E., Vermeij M.J.A., Keeling P.J., Yurchenko V. & Lukeš J. (2019) High prevalence and endemism of trypanosomatids on a small Caribbean island. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 66: 600–607.

• Votýpka J., Brzoňová J., Ježek J., Modrý D. (2019) Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of three West African countries: A faunistic update, barcoding analysis and trypanosome occurrence. Acta Tropica 197: 105069, 1–8.

• Králová J., Grybchuk-Ieremenko A., Votýpka J., Novotný V., Kment P., Lukeš J., Yurchenko V. & Kostygov A.Y. (2019) Insect trypanosomatids in Papua New Guinea: high endemism and diversity. International Journal for Parasitology 49: 1075–1086.

• Hönig V., Palus M., Kaspar T., Zemanova M., Majerova K., Hofmannova L., Papezik P., Sikutova S., Rettich F., Hubalek Z., Rudolf I., Votypka J., Modry D. & Ruzek D. (2019) Multiple lineages of Usutu virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) in blackbirds (Turdus merula) and mosquitoes (Culex pipiens, Cx. modestus) in the Czech Republic (2016–2019). Microorganisms 7: 568.

• Kraeva N., Leštinová T., Ishemgulova A., Majerová K., Butenko A., Vaselek S., Bespyatykh J., Charyyeva A., Spitzová T., Kostygov A.Y., Lukeš J., Volf P., Votýpka J. & Yurchenko V. (2019) LmxM.22.0250-encoded dual specificity protein/lipid phosphatase impairs Leishmania mexicana virulence in vitro. Pathogens 8: 241.

• Ježek J., Votýpka J., Brzoňová J. & Oboňa J. (2019) Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) collected in Central African Republic, Gabon and Liberia with comments on their updated distribution. Acta Mus. Siles. Sci. Natur. 68: 263–274.

• Jaarsma R.I., Sprong H., Takumi K., Kazimirova M., Silaghi C., Mysterud A., Rudolf I., Beck R., Földvári G., Tomassone L., Groenevelt M., Everts R.R., Rijks J.M., Ecke F., Hörnfeldt B., Modrý D., Majerová K., Votýpka J. & Estrada‑Peña A. (2019) Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks. Parasites & Vectors 12: 328, 1–17.

• Mihalca A.D., Pastrav I.R., Sándor A.D., Deak G., Gherman C.M., Sarmasi A. Votýpka J. (2019) First report of the dog louse fly Hippobosca longipennis in Romania. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 33: 530–535.

• Sadlova J., Vojtkova B., Hrncirova K., Lestinova T., Spitzova T., Becvar T., Votypka J., Bates P. & Volf P. (2019) Host competence of African rodents Arvicanthis neumanni, A. niloticus and Mastomys natalensis for Leishmania major. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 8: 118–126.

• Aghová T., Palupčíková K., Šumbera R., Frynta D., Lavrenchenko L.A., Meheretu Y., Sádlová J., Votýpka J., Mbau J.S., Modrý D. & Bryja J. (2019) Multiple radiations of spiny mice (Rodentia: Acomys) in dry open habitats of Afro-Arabia: evidence from a multi-locus phylogeny. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19: 69, 1–22.

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   Zdobinská Reisingerová H. & Votýpka J. (2019) Leishmanióza a další infekce prvoky (1439–1447) and Infestace členovci (epizoonózy) (1451–1465) In: Hercogová et al. Klinická dermatovenerologie 2. díl. Mladá fronta, Praha, 1736 pp. (ISBN: 978-80-204-5549-9)

  (The Josef Hlávka Award for Scientific Literature)

2018

• Lukeš J., Butenko A., Hashimi H., Maslov D. A., Votýpka J. & Yurchenko V. (2018) Trypanosomatids are much more than just trypanosomes: Clues from the expanded family tree. Trends in Parasitology 34(6): 466–480. (Review)

• Votýpka J., Pafčo B., Modrý D., Mbohli D., Tagg N. & Petrželková K.J. (2018) An unexpected diversity of trypanosomatids in fecal samples of great apes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 7: 322–325.

• Grybchuk D., Akopyants N.S., Kostygov A.Y., Konovalovas A., Lye L.-F., Dobson D.E., Zangger H., Fasel N., Butenko A., Frolov A.O., Votýpka J., d’Avila-Levy C.M., Kulich P., Moravcová J., Plevka P., Rogozin I.B., Serva S., Lukeš J., Beverley S. M. & Yurchenko V. (2018) Viral discovery and diversity in trypanosomatid protozoa with a focus on relatives of the human parasite Leishmania. PNAS  115 (3): E506–E515.

• Grybchuk D., Kostygov A.Y, Macedo D. H., Votýpka J., Lukeš J. & Yurchenko V. (2018) RNA viruses in Blechomonas (Trypanosomatidae) and evolution of Leishmaniavirus. mBio 9: e01932-18.

• Tashyreva D., Prokopchuk G., Votýpka J., Yabuki A., Horák A. & Lukeš J. (2018) Life cycle, ultrastructure, and phylogeny of new diplonemids and their endosymbiotic bacteria. mBio 9: e02447-17.

• Tashyreva D., Prokopchuk G., Yabuki A., Kaur B., Faktorová D., Votýpka J., Kusaka Ch., Fujikura K., Shiratori T, Ishida K.-I., Horák A. & Lukeš J (2018) Phylogeny and morphology of new diplonemids from Japan. Protist 169: 158–179.

• Spodareva V.V., Grybchuk-Ieremenko A., Losev A., Votýpka J., Lukeš J., Yurchenko V. & Kostygov A.Y. (2018) Diversity and evolution of anuran trypanosomes: insights from the study of European species. Parasites & Vectors 11: 447, 1–12.

• Schoener E., Uebleis S.S., Cuk C., Nawratil M., Obwaller A.G., Zechmeister T., Lebl K., Rádrová J., Zittra C., Votýpka J. & Fuehrer H.-P. (2018) Trypanosomatid parasites in Austrian mosquitoes. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0196052.

• Ishemgulova A., Hlaváčová J., Majerová K., Butenko A., Lukeš J., Votýpka J., Volf P. & Yurchenko V. (2018) CRISPR/Cas9 in Leishmania mexicana: A case study of LmxBTN1. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192723.

• Calzolari M., Rugna G., Clementi E., Carra E., Pinna M., Bergamini F., Fabbi M., Dottori M., Sacchi L. & Votýpka J. (2018) Isolation of a trypanosome related to Trypanosoma theileri (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) from Phlebotomus perfiliewi (Diptera: Psychodidae). BioMed Research International ID 2597074: 1–8.

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Jan Votýpka, Iva Kolářová, Petr Horák a kol. (2018) O parazitech a lidech. Triton, Praha, 342 pp., ISBN 978-80-7553-350-0

(Magnesia Litera Award for the Best Popular Science/Academic Book)

Mapua M.I. & Votýpka J. In: Modrý D., Pafčo B., Petrželková K. J. & Hasegawa H. (eds.) (2018) Parasites of Apes: An Atlas of Coproscopic Diagnostics. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, Germany, 198 pp., ISBN 978-3899731163

2017

• Akhoundi M., Downing T., Votýpka J., Kuhls K., Lukeš J., Cannet A., Ravel C., Marty P., Delaunay P., Kasbari M., Granouillac B., Gradoni L. & Sereno D. (2017) Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis. Molecular Aspects of Medicine 57: 1–29.

• Skalický T., Dobáková E., Wheeler R.J., Tesařová M., Flegontov P., Jirsová D., Votýpka J., Yurchenko V., Ayala F. J. & Lukeš J. (2017) Extensive flagellar remodeling during the complex life cycle of Paratrypanosoma, an early-branching trypanosomatid. PNAS 144: 11757–11762.

• Doehl J.S.P., Sádlová J., Aslan H., Pružinová K., Metangmo S., Votýpka J., Kamhawi S., Volf P. & Smith D.F. (2017) Leishmania HASP and SHERP genes are required for in vivo differentiation, parasite transmission and virulence attenuation in the host. PLoS Pathogens 13(1): e1006130.

• Mitková B., Hrazdilová K., D’Amico G., Duscher G.G., Suchentrunk F., Forejtek P., Gherman C.M., Matei I.A., Ionică A.M., Daskalaki A.A., Mihalca A.D., Votýpka J., Hulva P. & Modrý D. (2017) Eurasian golden jackal as host of canine vector-borne protists. Parasites & Vectors 10: 183, 1–11.

• Seward E.A., Votýpka J., Kment P., Lukeš J & Kelly S. (2017) Description of Phytomonas oxycareni n. sp. from the salivary glands of Oxycarenus lavaterae. Protist 168: 71–79.  

• Ionică A.M., Zittra C., Wimmer V., Leitner N., Votýpka J., Modrý D., Mihalca A.D. & Fuehrer H.-P. (2017) Mosquitoes in the Danube Delta: searching for vectors of filarioid helminths and avian malaria. Parasites & Vectors 10: 324, 1–6.

• Sadlova J., Myskova J., Lestinova T., Votypka J., Yeo M. & Volf P. (2017) Leishmania donovani development in Phlebotomus argentipes: comparison of promastigote- and amastigote-initiated infections. Parasitology 144: 403–410.

• Szőke K., Sándor A.D., Boldogh S.A., Görföl T., Votýpka J., Takács N., Estók P., Kováts D., Corduneanu A., Molnár V., Kontschánand J. & Hornok S. (2017) DNA of free-living bodonids (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea) in bat ectoparasites: potential relevance to the evolution of parasitic trypanosomatids. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica 65: 531–540.

• Ishemgulova A., Butenko A., Kortišová L., Boucinha C., Grybchuk-Ieremenko A., Morelli K.A., Tesařová M., Kraeva N., Grybchuk D., Pánek T., Flegontov P., Lukeš J., Votýpka J., Pavan M.G., Opperdoes F.R., Spodareva V., d'Avila-Levy C.M., Kostygov A.Y. & Yurchenko V. (2017) Molecular mechanisms of thermal resistance of the insect trypanosomatid Crithidia thermophila. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0174165.

• Ishemgulova A., Kraeva N., Hlaváčová J., Zimmer S.L., Butenko A., Podešvová L., Leštinová T., Lukeš J., Kostygov A, Votýpka J., Volf P. & Yurchenko V. (2017) A putative ATP/GTP binding protein affects Leishmania mexicana growth in insect vectors and vertebrate hosts. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11(7): e0005782.

2016

• d’Avila-Levy C.M., Yurchenko V., Votýpka J. & Grellier P. (2016) Protist collections: Essential for future research. Trends in Parasitology 32: 840–842.

• Šlapeta J., Morin-Adeline V., Thompson P., Mcdonell D., Shiels M., Gilchrist K., Votýpka J. & Vogelnest L. (2016) Intercontinental distribution of a new trypanosome species from Australian endemic Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia). Parasitology 143: 1012–1025.

• Jancarova M., Hlavacova J., Votypka J. & Volf P. (2016) An increase of larval rearing temperature does not affect the susceptibility of Phlebotomus sergenti to Leishmania tropica but effectively eliminates the gregarine Psychodiella sergenti. Parasites & Vectors 9: 553, 1–5.

• Flegontov P., Butenko A., Firsov S., Kraeva N., Eliáš M., Field M.C., Filatov D., FlegontovaO., Gerasimov E.S., Hlaváčová J., Ishemgulova A., Jackson A.P., Kelly S., Kostygov A.Y., Logacheva M.D., Maslov D.A., Opperdoes F.R., O’Reilly A., Sádlová J., Ševčíková T., Venkatesh D., Vlček Č., Volf P., Votýpka J., Záhonová K., Yurchenko V. & Lukeš J. (2016) Genome of Leptomonas pyrrhocoris: a high-quality reference for monoxenous trypanosomatids and new insights into evolution of Leishmania. Scientific Reports 6: 23704, 1–12.

• Kostygov A., Dobáková E., Grybchuk-Ieremenko A., Váhala D., Maslov D.A., Votýpka J., Lukeš J. & Yurchenko V. (2016). Novel trypanosomatid-bacterium association: evolution of endosymbiosis in action. mBio 7(2): e01985-15.

• Yurchenko V., Kostygov A., Havlová J., Grybchuk-Ieremenko A., Ševčíková T., Lukeš J., Ševčík J. & Votýpka J. (2016) Diversity of Trypanosomatids in cockroaches and the description of Herpetomonas tarakana sp. n. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 63: 198–209.

• Akhoundi M., Kuhls K., Cannet A., Votýpka J., Marty P., Delaunay P. & Sereno D. (2016) A historical overview of the classification, evolution, and dispersion of Leishmania parasites and sandflies (Review). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10(3): e0004349.

• Hanel J., Doležalová J., Stehlíková Š., Modrý D., Chudoba J., Synek P. & Votýpka J. (2016) Blood parasites in northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) with an emphasis to Leucocytozoon toddi. Parasitology Research 115: 263–270.

• Synek P., Popelková A., Koubínová D., Šťastný K., Langrová I., Votýpka J. & Munclinger P. (2016) Haemosporidian infections in the Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus) and potential insect vectors of their transmission. Parasitology Research 115: 291–298.

• Rádrová J., Vlková M., Volfová V., Sumová P., Cȇtre-Sossah C., Carpenter S., Darpel K., Rakotoarivony I., Allène X., Votýpka J. & Volf P. (2016) Hyaluronidase activity in saliva of European Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 53: 212–216. 

• Rádrová J., Mračková M., Galková Z., Lamka J., Račka K., Barták P. & Votýpka J. (2016) Seasonal dynamics, parity rate, and composition of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) occurring in the vicinity of wild and domestic ruminants in the Czech Republic. Journal of Medical Entomology 53: 416–424.

2015

• Seblova V., Myskova J., Hlavacova J., Votypka J., Antoniou M. & Volf P. (2015) Natural hybrid of Leishmania infantum/L. donovani: development in Phlebotomus tobbi, P. perniciosus and Lutzomyia longipalpis and comparison with nonhybrid strains differing in tissue tropism. Parasites & Vectors 8: 605.

• Votýpka J., d'Avila-Levy C.M., Grellier P., Maslov D.A., Lukeš J. & Yurchenko V. (2015) New approaches to systematics of Trypanosomatidae: Criteria for taxonomic (re)description. Trends in Parasitology 31: 460–469.

• Votýpka J., Rádrová J., Skalický T., Jirků M., Jirsová D., Mihalca A.D., D’Amico G., Petrželková K.J., 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’Avila-Levy C.M., Boucinha C., Kostygov A., Santos H.L.C., Morelli K.A., Grybchuk-Ieremenko A., Duval L., Votýpka J., Yurchenko V., Grellier P. & Lukeš J. (2015) Exploring the environmental diversity of kinetoplastid flagellates in the high-throughput DNA sequencing era. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 110: 956–965.

• Jirků M., Votýpka J., Petrželková K.J., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Kriegová E., Vodička R., Lankester F., Leendertz S.A., Wittig R.M., Boesch C., Modrý D., Ayala F., Leendertz F.H. & Lukeš J. (2015) Wild chimpanzees are infected by Trypanosoma brucei. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4: 277–282. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.05.001)

• Votýpka J., Pavlasová M., Volfová V. & Volf P. (2015) Rotation of male genitalia in various species of phlebotomine sandfly. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 29: 355–360.

• Svobodová M., Volf P. & Votýpka J. (2015) Trypanosomatids in ornithophilic bloodsucking Diptera. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 29: 444–447.

• Kassahun A., Sadlova J., Benda P., Kostalova T., Warburg A., Hailu A., Baneth G., Volf P. & Votypka J. (2015) Natural infection of bats with Leishmania in Ethiopia. Acta Tropica 150: 166–170.

• Kassahun A., Sadlova J., Dvorak V., Kostalova T., Rohousova I., Frynta D., Aghova T., Yasur-Landau D., Lemma W., Hailu A., Baneth G., Warburg A., Volf P. & Votypka J. (2015) Detection of Leishmania donovani and L. tropica in Ethiopian wild rodents. Acta Tropica 145: 39–44.

• Hamilton P.T., Votýpka J., Dostálová A., Yurchenko V., Bird N.H., Lukeš J., Lemaitre B. & Perlman S.J. (2015) Infection dynamics and immune response in a newly described Drosophila-trypanosomatid association. mBio 6(5): e01356-15.

• Kozminsky E., Kraeva N., Ishemgulova A., Dobáková E., Lukeš J., Kment P., Yurchenko V., Votýpka J. & Maslov D.A. (2015) Host-specificity of monoxenous trypanosomatids: Statistical analysis of the distribution and transmission patterns of the parasites from Neotropical Heteroptera. Protist 166: 551–568.

• Kasap O.E., Dvorak V., Depaquit J., Alten B., Votypka J. & Volf P. (2015) Phylogeography of the subgenus Transphlebotomus Artemiev with description of two new species, Phlebotomus anatolicus n. sp. and Phlebotomus killicki n. sp. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 34: 467–479.

• Seblova V., Sadlova J., Vojtkova B., Votypka J., Carpenter S., Bates P.A. & Volf P. (2015) The biting midge Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is capable of developing late stage infections of Leishmania enriettii. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9(9): e0004060.

• Kraeva N., Butenko A., Hlaváčová J., Kostygovn A., Myšková J., Grybchuk D., Leštinová T., Votýpka J., Volf P., Opperdoes F., Flegontov P., Lukeš J.  & Yurchenko V. (2015) Leptomonas seymouri: Adaptations to the dixenous life cycle analyzed by genome sequencing, transcriptome profiling and co-infection with Leishmania donovani. PLoS PATHOGENS 11(8): e1005127. 

• Mapua M. I., Qablan M. A., Pomajbíková K., Petrželková K. J., Hůzová Z., Rádrová J., Votýpka J., Todd A., Jirků M., Leendertz F. H., Lukeš J., Neel C. & Modrý D. (2015) Ecology of malaria infections in western lowland gorillas inhabiting Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic. Parasitology 142: 890–900.  

• Pruzinova K., Sadlova J., Seblova V., Homola M., Votypka J. & Volf P. (2015). Comparison of bloodmeal digestion and the peritrophic matrix in four sand fly species differing in susceptibility to Leishmania donovani. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128203.  

• Rohousova I., Talmi-Frank D., Kostalova T., Polanska N., Lestinova T., Kassahun A., Yasur-Landau D., Maia C., King R., Votypka J., Jaffe Ch.L., Warburg A., Hailu A., Volf P. & Baneth G. (2015) Exposure to Leishmania spp. and sand flies in domestic animals in northwestern Ethiopia. Parasites & Vectors 8: 360.  

• Sadlova J., Seblova V., Votypka J., Warburg A. & Volf P. (2015) Xenodiagnosis of Leishmania donovani in BALB/c mice using Phlebotomus orientalis: a new laboratory model. Parasites & Vectors 8: 158: 1–8.

• Svobodová M., Weidinger K., Peške L., Volf P., Votýpka J. & Voříšek P. (2015) Trypanosomes and haemosporidia in the buzzard (Buteo buteo) and sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus): factors affecting the prevalence of parasites. Parasitology Research 114: 551–560.

• Škodová-Sveráková I., Verner Z., Skalický T., Votýpka J., Horváth A. & Lukeš J. (2015) Lineage-specific activities of a multipotent mitochondrion of trypanosomatid flagellates. Molecular Microbiology 96: 55–67.

• Lestinova T., Vlkova M., Votypka J., Volf P. & Rohousova I. (2015) Phlebotomus papatasi exposure cross-protects mice against Leishmania major co-inoculated with Phlebotomus duboscqi salivary gland homogenate. Acta Tropica 144: 9–18.

• Ondriska F., Bukovinova P., Votypka J., Nohynkova E. & Boldis V. (2015) Imported new world cutaneous leishmaniasis in a traveler from Slovakia. Bratislava Medical Journal / Bratislavské Lekárské Listy 116: 203–206.

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  Lancelot R., Laurens S. & Lewer A. (eds.) (2015) The impact of a Decade (2004-2015) of Research on Vector-borne Diseases. CIRAD, Montpellier, France, 132 pp., ISBN: 978-2-87614-707-2 R.

  Mapua M.I. & Votýpka J. In: Modrý D., Petrželková K.J., Kalousová B. & Hasegawa H. (eds.) (2015) Parasites of African Great Apes: Atlas of Coproscopic Diagnostics. VFU, Brno, Czech Republic, 163 pp., ISBN: 8073057700/9788073057701

2014

• Votýpka J., Kostygov A. Y., Kraeva N., Grybchuk-Ieremenko A.,, Tesařová M., Grybchuk D., Lukeš J. & Yurchenko V. (2014) Kentomonas gen. g., a new genus of endosymbiont-containing Trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n. Protist 165: 825–838.

• Kasap O.E., Belen A., Alkan C., Gunay F., Dvorak V., Ergunay K., Aydın S., Votypka J., Banuls A-L., Charrel R., Özkul A., Özbel Y., Volf P. & Alten B. (2014). Phlebotomine sand flies on the crossroads of Anatolia: transmitted diseases and vectors. Parasites & Vectors 7 (Suppl 1): O21. (doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-S1-O21)

• Lukeš J., Skalický T., Týč J., Votýpka J. & Yurchenko V. (2014) Evolution of parasitism in kinetoplastid flagellates. Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology 195: 115–122.

• Smejkalová P., Votýpka J., Lukeš J. & Čepička I. (2014) First report on trichomonads from true bugs. Folia Parasitologica 61: 189–194.

• Yurchenko V., Votýpka J., Tesařová M., Klepetková H., Kraeva N., Jirků M. & Lukeš J. (2014) Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of four new species of monoxenous trypanosomatids from flies (Diptera: Brachycera) with redefinition of the genus Wallaceina. Folia Parasitologica 61: 97–112.

2013

• Votýpka J., Suková E., Kraeva N., Ishemgulova A., Duží I., Lukeš J. & Yurchenko V. (2013) Diversity of Trypanosomatids (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) parasitizing fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) and description of a new genus Blechomonas gen. n. Protist 164: 763–781.

• Flegontov P., Votýpka J., Skalický T., Logacheva M.D., Penin A.A., Tanifuji G., Onodera N.T., Kondrashov A.S., Volf P., Archibald J.M. & Lukeš J. (2013) Paratrypanosoma is a novel early-branching Trypanosomatid. Current Biology 23: 1787–1793.

• Hlavacova J., Votypka J. & Volf P. (2013) The effect of temperature on Leishmania (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) development in sand flies. Journal of Medical Entomology 50: 955–958.

• Radrova J., Seblova V. & Votypka J. (2013) Feeding behavior and spatial distribution of Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in wetland areas of the Czech Republic. Journal of Medical Entomology 50: 1097–1104.

• Pruzinova K., Votypka J. & Volf P. (2013) The effect of avian blood on Leishmania development in Phlebotomus duboscqi. Parasites & Vectors 6: 254: 1–9.

• Kasapa O. E., Votýpka J. & Alten B- (2013) The distribution of the Phlebotomus major complex (Diptera:Psychodidae) in Turkey. Acta Tropica 127: 204–211.

• Sadlova J., Dvorak V., Seblova V., Warburg A., Votypka J. & Volf P. (2013) Sergentomyia schwetzi is not a competent vector for Leishmania donovani and other Leishmania species pathogenic to humans. Parasites & Vectors 6: 186: 1–10.

• Týč J., Votýpka J., Klepetková H., Šuláková H., Jirků M. & Lukeš J. (2013) Growing diversity of trypanosomatid parasites of flies (Diptera: Brachycera): Frequent cosmopolitism and moderate host specificity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 255–264.

• Seblova V., Volfova V., Dvorak V., Pruzinova K., Votypka J., Kassahum A., Gebre-Michael T., Hailu A., Warburg A. & Volf P. (2013) Phlebotomus orientalis sand flies from two geographically distant Ethiopian localities: biology, genetic analyses and susceptibility to Leishmania donovani. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7(4): e2187: 1–8.

• Synek P., Albrecht T., Vinkler M., Schnitzer J., Votýpka J. & Munclinger P. (2013) Haemosporidian parasites of a European passerine wintering in South Asia: diversity, mixed infections and effect on host condition. Parasitology Research 112: 1667–77.  

• Synek P., Munclinger P., Albrecht T. & Votýpka J. (2013) Avian haemosporidians in haematophagous insects in the Czech Republic. Parasitology Research 112: 839–845.

• Maslov D.A., Votýpka J., Yurchenko V. & Lukeš J. (2013) Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed. Trends in Parasitology 29: 43–52. (Review).

2012

• Chajbullinova A., Votypka J., Sadlova J., Kvapilova K., Seblova V., Kreisinger J., Jirku M., Sanjoba Ch., Gantuya S., Matsumoto Y. & Volf P. (2012) The development of Leishmania turanica in sand flies and competition with L. major. Parasites & Vectors 5: 219: 1–8.

• Votýpka J., Klepetková H., Yurchenko V., Horák A., Lukeš J. & Maslov A. (2012) Cosmopolitan distribution of a trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. Protist 163: 616–631.

• 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 42: 489–500.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• Gazanion E., Seblova V., Votypka J., Vergnes B., Garcia D., Volf P. & Sereno D. (2012) Leishmania infantum nicotinamidase is required for late-stage development in its natural sand fly vector, Phlebotomus perniciosus. International Journal for Parasitology 42: 323–327.

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.

• 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, 25: 104–108.

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.

• 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

• 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.

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

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.