Endoparasites of farm and wild animals, including infectivity, pathogenity and relation to hosts.
Research priorities
Opportunistic protozoa, especially Cryptosporidia, Microsporidia and Giardia
Education and professional experience
1999: MSc. at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice.
2003: Ph.D. at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice
2003: research assistant at Institute of Parasitology ASCR, České Budějovice
2004: assistant of professor at Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice
2004: research scientist at Institute of Parasitology ASCR, České Budějovice
2009: associated professor at Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice
2009: head of Laboratory of Veterinary and Medical Protistology, Institute of Parasitology ASCR, České Budějovice
Grant projects
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)
Stays abroad
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)
Pinto P. , Ribeiro C.A., Kváč M., Tsaousis A. (2022) CryptosporidiumIn: W. de Souza (Ed.), Lifecycles of Pathogenic Protists in Humans, Microbiology Monographs series - Volume 35617: 331-389.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80682-8_7
