ADC RAČKA, Karol - BÁRTOVÁ, Eva - JURÁNKOVÁ, Jana - HAMIDOVIĆ, Azra - KUCHAROVIČOVÁ, Ivana - ŠIMEK, Bronislav - KOČIŠOVÁ, Alica . Fatal toxoplasmosis in wild European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in tularaemia endemic areas of the Czech Republic: Poses risk of infection for humans? In Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. ISSN 1865-1674, 2021, vol. 68, no. 4, p. 1774-1778. (2020: 5.005 - IF, 4.622 - IF 5y, 63 - H-index, 1.392 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q). Dostupné na internete: .

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OCA1. Surname awarded to the assessed personKočišová
OCA2. Name awarded to the assessed personAlica
OCA3. Degrees awarded to the assessed personProf. , DVM, PhD
OCA4. Hyperlink to the entry of the person in the Register of university staffhttps://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6024
OCA5. Area of assessmentstudy programme parasitic diseases of animals · III. degree
OCA6. Category of the research/artistic/other outputscientific output
OCA7. Year of publication of the research/artistic/other output2021
OCA8. ID of the record in the Central Registry of Publication Activity (CRPA) or the Central Registry of Artistic Activity (CRAA)316525
OCA9. Hyperlink to the record in CRPA or CRAAhttps://app.crepc.sk/?fn=detailBiblioFormChildS140C&sid=9D4AF248C528C4A46D11FB02AD&seo=CREP%C4%8C-detail-%C4%8Cl%C3%A1nok
Characteristics of the output that is not registered in CRPA or CRAA
OCA10. Hyperlink to the record in another publicly accessible register, catalogue of research/ artistic/other outputshttps://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000593114600001
OCA11. Characteristics of the output in the format of the CRPA or the CRAA bibliographic record, if the output is not available in a publicly accessible register or catalogue of outputsADC RAČKA, Karol - BÁRTOVÁ, Eva - JURÁNKOVÁ, Jana - HAMIDOVIĆ, Azra - KUCHAROVIČOVÁ, Ivana - ŠIMEK, Bronislav - KOČIŠOVÁ, Alica . Fatal toxoplasmosis in wild European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in tularaemia endemic areas of the Czech Republic: Poses risk of infection for humans? In Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. ISSN 1865-1674, 2021, vol. 68, no. 4, p. 1774-1778. (2020: 5.005 - IF, 4.622 - IF 5y, 63 - H-index, 1.392 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q). Dostupné na internete: .
OCA12. Type of the output (if the output is not registered in CRPA or CRAA) article
OCA13. Hyperlink to the webpage where the output is available (full text, other documentation, etc.)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.13925
OCA14. Characteristics of the author's contributioncritically read and revised the manuscript
OCA15. Annotation of the output with contextual information concerning the description of creative process and the content of the research/artistic/other activity, etc.Toxoplasma gondii can cause a fatal infection of European brown hares (Lepus europaeus). However, the role of this parasite in terms of mortality rates in endemic areas of tularemia, the number of parasites in the affected organs, and circulating genotypes is still unknown. Francisella tularensis was detected in pooled samples from three rabbits, but without coinfection with T. gondii; all rabbits were negative for Brucella suis. Toxoplasma gondii has a significant impact on the mortality of European hares in endemic areas of tularemia, and the amount of parasites in animal tissues can pose a high risk of human infection
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OCA16. Annotation of the output in EnglishToxoplasma gondii may cause fatal infection in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus).However, the role of this parasite in terms of mortality rate in tularaemia endemic areas, amount of parasites in affected organs and circulating genotypes, is still unknown. Bacteria Francisella tularensis was proved in pooled samples of three hares but without coinfection with T. gondii; all hares were negative for Brucella suis. Toxoplasma gondii has significant impact on mortality of European brown hares in tularaemia endemic areas and parasite load within the animal tissues may present high risk of human infection.
OCA17. List of maximum 5 most significant citations corresponding to the outputAlmeria S, Murata FHA, Cerqueira-Cézar CK, Kwok OCH, Shipley A, Dubey JP. Epidemiological and Public Health Significance of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Wild Rabbits and Hares: 2010-2020. Microorganisms. 2021 Mar 14;9(3):597. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9030597. PMID: 33799419; PMCID: PMC7999293.
OCA18. Characteristics of the output's impact on socio-economic practiceThe brown hare belongs to popular game species hunted for meat, and therefore, the high number of parasites in organs of hares may pose a risk of human infection, particularly when handling or processing the carcass.
OCA19. Characteristics of the output and related activities' impact on the educational processBecause of the similar courses of the disease, as well as similar pathomorphological findings, T. gondii infection can easily be confused with tularaemia and brucellosis, which should be always considered in animals found dead, especially in tularaemia endemic areas.

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