DRÁŽOVSKÁ, Monika - PROKEŠ, Marián - VOJTEK, Boris - MOJŽIŠOVÁ, Jana - ONDREJKOVÁ, Anna - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš. First serological record of Coxiella burnetii infection in the equine population of Slovakia. In Biologia. ISSN 0006-3088, 2022, roč. 77, č. 6, s. 1645-1649.

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OCA1. Surname awarded to the assessed person	Prokeš
OCA2. Name awarded to the assessed person	Marián
OCA3. Degrees awarded to the assessed person	Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
OCA4. Hyperlink to the entry of the person in the Register of university staff	https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6118
OCA5. Area of assessment	study programme infectious diseases of animals · III. degree
OCA6. Category of the research/artistic/other output	scientific output
OCA7. Year of publication of the research/artistic/other output	2022
OCA8. ID of the record in the Central Registry of Publication Activity (CRPA) or the Central Registry of Artistic Activity (CRAA)	451230
OCA9. Hyperlink to the record in CRPA or CRAA	https://app.crepc.sk/?fn=detailBiblioFormChildC16M0V&sid=E0E1BFB7DC95181FCF336844EB&seo=CREP%C4%8C-detail-%C4%8Cl%C3%A1nok
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OCA10. Hyperlink to the record in another publicly accessible register, catalogue of research/ artistic/other outputs
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 outputs	DRÁŽOVSKÁ, Monika - PROKEŠ, Marián - VOJTEK, Boris - MOJŽIŠOVÁ, Jana - ONDREJKOVÁ, Anna - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš. First serological record of Coxiella burnetii infection in the equine population of Slovakia. In Biologia. ISSN 0006-3088, 2022, roč. 77, č. 6, s. 1645-1649.
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://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11756-021-00898-4
OCA14. Characteristics of the author's contribution	Collection of biological material, laboratory diagnostics, evaluation of results, writing of the article and its editing.
OCA15. Annotation of the output with contextual information concerning the description of creative process and the content of the research/artistic/other activity, etc.	Coxiella burnetii is a worldwide zoonotic pathogen causing Q fever in various animal species and humans. In Slovakia, cases of C. burnetii infection in both animals and humans are confirmed every year. The role of horses in the epidemiology of this neglected disease is still unclear. In our study, we focused on a serosurvey of C. burnetii in the equine population in Slovakia by the ELISA method. Subsequently, a nested PCR was performed to detect the 16S rRNA fragment of the genus Coxiella. Among 184 horse sera, the presence of specific antibodies to C. burnetii was detected in four samples, representing a 2.17% seropositivity. All the positive horses were mares; two originated from Central Slovakia and two from Eastern Slovakia. Although the number of positive samples was too small for a determination of statistical significance, our results provide the first confirmation of antibodies to C. burnetii in horses from Slovakia. Although no positive PCR result was obtained, these serological findings may help to clarify the circulation of the pathogen in the environment.
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OCA16. Annotation of the output in English	Coxiella burnetii is a worldwide zoonotic pathogen causing Q fever in various animal species and humans. In Slovakia, cases of C. burnetii infection in both animals and humans are confirmed every year. The role of horses in the epidemiology of this neglected disease is still unclear. In our study, we focused on a serosurvey of C. burnetii in the equine population in Slovakia by the ELISA method. Subsequently, a nested PCR was performed to detect the 16S rRNA fragment of the genus Coxiella. Among 184 horse sera, the presence of specific antibodies to C. burnetii was detected in four samples, representing a 2.17% seropositivity. All the positive horses were mares; two originated from Central Slovakia and two from Eastern Slovakia. Although the number of positive samples was too small for a determination of statistical significance, our results provide the first confirmation of antibodies to C. burnetii in horses from Slovakia. Although no positive PCR result was obtained, these serological findings may help to clarify the circulation of the pathogen in the environment.
OCA17. List of maximum 5 most significant citations corresponding to the output	SPARAGANO, Olivier - FOLDVARI, Gabor - DERDAKOVA, Marketa - KAZIMIROVA, Maria. New challenges posed by ticks and tick-borne diseases. In BIOLOGIA, 2022, vol. 77, no. 6, pp. 1497-1501. ISSN 0006-3088. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01097-5., Registrované v: WOS CELINA, Seyma S. S. - CERNY, Jiri. Coxiella burnetii in ticks, livestock, pets and wildlife: A mini-review. In FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 2022, vol. 9, no., pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1068129., Registrované v: WOS
OCA18. Characteristics of the output's impact on socio-economic practice	Coxiella burnetii is a worldwide zoonotic pathogen causing Q fever in various animal species and humans. In Slovakia, cases of C. burnetii infection in both animals and humans are confirmed every year. The role of horses in the epidemiology of this neglected disease is still unclear.
OCA19. Characteristics of the output and related activities' impact on the educational process	The analyses, impacts and conclusions of the work will be reflected in the teaching of subjects with an epizootological content. The results of the article are linked to the final theses of the students.