Assoc. prof. Csank Tomáš, DVM, PhD

Research/art/teacher profile

Date of last update: 11.09.2026

I. Basic information
I.1 Surname
Csank
I.2 Given name
Tomáš
I.3 Degrees
Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth
1981
I.5 Name of the workplace
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
I.6 Address of the workplace
Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position
lecturer
I.8 E-mail address tomas.csank@uvlf.sk
I.9 University staff register / partner university profile https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6133
I.10 Study field in which the person works
Biology
I.11 ORCID iD 0000-0003-2055-9293
II. Higher education and further qualification growth
InstitutionYearStudy field and programme
Second degree higher education
University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice
2007
general veterinary medicine
Third degree higher education
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2011
virology
Habilitation procedure
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2021
virology
III. Current and previous employment
OccupationInstitutionYear
Associate professor
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2021 – 2026
Assistent
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2011 – 2021
IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
ActivityInstitutionYear
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes - retraining
Institute of Postgraduate Education of Veterinary Surgeons
2023
Next Generation Sequencing data Analysis - Workshop
SEQme
2022
Next Generation Sequencing - Introduction
SEQme
2021
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes - retraining
Institute of Postgraduate Education of Veterinary Surgeons
2019
Domus Hungarica Scientiarum et Artium senior scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Hungary
2016
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes
Institute of Postgraduate Education of Veterinary Surgeons
2015
Bio-safety Level 3 Training School
Department of Virology, University of Medical Center of Goettingen, Germany
2014
V. Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

Academic year: 2026/2027

V.1. Overview of taught profile courses

Profile courseStudy programmeDegreeStudy field
Bacteriology
Microbiology and Immunology – full-time study, English language
III.
Biology
Virology
Microbiology and Immunology – full-time study, English language
III.
Biology
Bakteriológia
Microbiology and Immunology – full-time study, Slovak language
III.
Biology
Virológia
Microbiology and Immunology – full-time study, Slovak language
III.
Biology
Bakteriológia
Microbiology and Immunology – part-time study, Slovak language
III.
Biology
Virológia
Microbiology and Immunology – part-time study, Slovak language
III.
Biology

V.2. Responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of study programmes

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V.3. Responsibility for the development and quality of habilitation and inauguration fields

Procedure fieldStudy field
Microbiology and Immunology (Habilitation proceedings)
Biology
Microbiology and Immunology (Inauguration proceedings)
Biology

V.4. Overview of supervised theses

BachelorMasterDoctoral
Currently supervised theses032
Defended theses0202

V.5. Overview of other taught courses

CourseStudy programmeDegreeStudy field
Virology
Pharmacy (joint study programme with UPJŠ) – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Pharmacy
Environmental microbiology
Animal hygiene and environment – full-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Mikrobiológia životného prostredia
Animal hygiene and environment – full-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Environmental microbiology
Animal hygiene and environment – part-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Mikrobiológia životného prostredia
Animal hygiene and environment – part-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology I.
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology II.
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
General and special bacteriology
Infectious diseases of animals – full-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
General and special virology
Infectious diseases of animals – full-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Všeobecná a špeciálna bakteriológia
Infectious diseases of animals – full-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
General and specific virology
Infectious diseases of animals – full-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
General and special bacteriology
Infectious diseases of animals – part-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
General and special virology
Infectious diseases of animals – part-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Všeobecná a špeciálna bakteriológia
Infectious diseases of animals – part-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Všeobecná a špeciálna virológia
Infectious diseases of animals – part-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Bacteriology
Microbiology and Immunology – part-time study, English language
III.
Biology
Virology
Microbiology and Immunology – part-time study, English language
III.
Biology
Applied virology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Applied virology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Applied virology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Clinical microbiology and immunology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Clinical microbiology and immunology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Clinical microbiology and immunology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology I.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology II.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Applied virology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Applied virology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Clinical microbiology and immunology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Clinical microbiology and immunology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology I.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology II.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
VI. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs

The last six completed calendar years: 2020–2025. The current year is excluded.

VI.1. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs and citations

TotalOver the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of research/artistic/other outputs22248
VI.1.2 Number of outputs registered in Web of Science or Scopus3610
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs340229
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in Web of Science or Scopus307220
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at international and national level00

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

1.
ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - TICHÁ, Elena - BRADBURY, Richard Stewart - ZUBRÍKOVÁ, Dana - VALENTOVÁ, Daniela - CHOVANCOVÁ, Gabriela - GREŠÁKOVÁ, Ľubomíra - VÍCHOVÁ, Bronislava - ŠIKUTOVÁ, Silvie - CSANK, Tomáš - HURNÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - MITERPÁKOVÁ, Martina - RUDOLF, Ivo. Mosquito surveillance of West Nile and Usutu viruses in four territorial units of Slovakia and description of a confirmed autochthonous human case of West Nile fever, 2018 to 2019 separator. In: Eurosurveillance. 2021. ISSN 1560-7917, Vol. 26, no. 19 (2021), p. 13-23. (2021: 21.286 - IF, 116 - H-index, 13.079 - IF 5y, 4.417 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 4.634 - ABDC).
2.
PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - PASTOREK, Patrik - PISTL, Juraj - RUSŇÁKOVÁ, Mária - SZEMES, Tomáš - ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - LIČKOVÁ, Martina - BORŠOVÁ, Kristína - KLEMPA, Boris - CSANK, Tomáš. Genetic characterization of a neurovirulent West Nile Virus variant associated with a fatal great grey owl infection. In: Viruses. 2021. ISSN 1999-4915, Vol. 13, no. 4 (2021), art. no. 699, p. [1-10]. (2021: 5.818 - IF, 101 - H-index, 5.811 - IF 5y, 1.463 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 1.306 - ABDC).
3.
DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - BARZON, Luisa - FRANCHIN, Elisa - LAVEZZO, Enrico - BAKONYI, Tamás - PISTL, Juraj - CSANK, Tomáš. The complete genome sequence analysis of West Nile virus strains isolated in Slovakia (central Europe). In: Archives of virology. 2019. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 164, no. 1 (2019), p. 273-277. (2019: 2.243 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.176 - IF 5y, 0.933 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.577 - ABDC).
4.
SCHUSTEROVÁ, Petra - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - LOZIAKOVÁ PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - HAJDUČKOVÁ, Vanda - CSANK, Tomáš. Limosilactobacillus reuteri L26 BiocenolTM and its exopolysaccharide: Their influence on rotavirus-induced immune molecules in enterocyte-like cells. In: Veterinární medicína. 2024. ISSN 0375-8427, Vol. 69, no. 5 (2024), p. 169-176. (2024: 0.8 - IF, 0.8 - IF 5y, 0.239 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.151 - ABDC).
5.
LOZIAKOVÁ PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - SCHUSTEROVÁ, Petra - PIVKA, Soňa - PAČANSKÁ, Zuzana - SZEMES, Tomáš - KLEMPA, Boris - CSANK, Tomáš. Detection, genetic characterization and reassortment analysis of Tribeč virus. In: Archives of virology. 2026. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 171, no. 4 (2026), art. no. 107, p. [1-15]. (2024: 2.5 - IF, 135 - H-index, 2.2 - IF 5y, 0.671 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.482 - ABDC).

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

1.
PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - PASTOREK, Patrik - PISTL, Juraj - RUSŇÁKOVÁ, Mária - SZEMES, Tomáš - ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - LIČKOVÁ, Martina - BORŠOVÁ, Kristína - KLEMPA, Boris - CSANK, Tomáš. Genetic characterization of a neurovirulent West Nile Virus variant associated with a fatal great grey owl infection. In: Viruses. 2021. ISSN 1999-4915, Vol. 13, no. 4 (2021), art. no. 699, p. [1-10]. (2021: 5.818 - IF, 101 - H-index, 5.811 - IF 5y, 1.463 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 1.306 - ABDC).
2.
ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - TICHÁ, Elena - BRADBURY, Richard Stewart - ZUBRÍKOVÁ, Dana - VALENTOVÁ, Daniela - CHOVANCOVÁ, Gabriela - GREŠÁKOVÁ, Ľubomíra - VÍCHOVÁ, Bronislava - ŠIKUTOVÁ, Silvie - CSANK, Tomáš - HURNÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - MITERPÁKOVÁ, Martina - RUDOLF, Ivo. Mosquito surveillance of West Nile and Usutu viruses in four territorial units of Slovakia and description of a confirmed autochthonous human case of West Nile fever, 2018 to 2019 separator. In: Eurosurveillance. 2021. ISSN 1560-7917, Vol. 26, no. 19 (2021), p. 13-23. (2021: 21.286 - IF, 116 - H-index, 13.079 - IF 5y, 4.417 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 4.634 - ABDC).
3.
PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - CINGEĽOVÁ MARUŠČÁKOVÁ, Ivana - SCHUSTEROVÁ, Petra - LOZIAK, Alexander - PIVKA, Soňa - ONDREJKOVÁ, Anna - PISTL, Juraj - CSANK, Tomáš. Serologic investigation on tick-borne encephalitis virus, Kemerovo virus and Tribeč virus infections in wild birds. In: Microorganisms. 2022. ISSN 2076-2607, Vol. 10, no. 12 (2022), art. no. 2397, p. [1-15]. (2022: 4.5 - IF, 66 - H-index, 4.8 - IF 5y, 0.909 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.825 - ABDC).
4.
SCHUSTEROVÁ, Petra - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - LOZIAKOVÁ PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - HAJDUČKOVÁ, Vanda - CSANK, Tomáš. Limosilactobacillus reuteri L26 BiocenolTM and its exopolysaccharide: Their influence on rotavirus-induced immune molecules in enterocyte-like cells. In: Veterinární medicína. 2024. ISSN 0375-8427, Vol. 69, no. 5 (2024), p. 169-176. (2024: 0.8 - IF, 0.8 - IF 5y, 0.239 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.151 - ABDC).
5.
LOZIAKOVÁ PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - SCHUSTEROVÁ, Petra - PIVKA, Soňa - PAČANSKÁ, Zuzana - SZEMES, Tomáš - KLEMPA, Boris - CSANK, Tomáš. Detection, genetic characterization and reassortment analysis of Tribeč virus. In: Archives of virology. 2026. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 171, no. 4 (2026), art. no. 107, p. [1-15]. (2024: 2.5 - IF, 135 - H-index, 2.2 - IF 5y, 0.671 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.482 - ABDC).

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs

1.
CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov]. In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683. (2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.564 - ABDC).
[3] CHITIMIA-DOBLER, L. - MACKENSTEDT, U. - KAHL, O. - PETNEY, T.N. Transmission / Natural cycle. In Dobler, G., Erber, W, Broker, M, Schmit, H.J. Tick-borne encephalitis - The TBE Book, 2nd Edition Chapter 3. Publ. Global Health Press, 2019, p.470. ISBN 9789811409141.
2.
CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov]. In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683. (2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.564 - ABDC).
[1] BAZANOW, Barbara - VAN VUREN, Petrus Jansen - SZYMANSKI, Piotr - STYGAR, Dominika - FRACKA, Agnieszka - TWARDON, Jan - KOZDROWSKI, Roland - PAWESKA, Janusz T. A Survey on West Nile and Usutu Viruses in Horses and Birds in Poland. In VIRUSES-BASEL. ISSN 1999-4915, 2018, vol. 10, no. 2, pp.
3.
CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov]. In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683. (2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.564 - ABDC).
[1] CABANOVA, Viktoria - MITERPAKOVA, Martina - VALENTOVA, Daniela - BLAZEJOVA, Hana - RUDOLF, Ivo - STLOUKAL, Eduard - HURNIKOVA, Zuzana - DZIDOVA, Marianna. Urbanization impact on mosquito community and the transmission potential of filarial infection in central Europe. In PARASITES & VECTORS. ISSN 1756-3305, 2018, vol. 11, no., pp.
4.
CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov]. In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683. (2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.564 - ABDC).
[1] FEYER, Sina - BARTENSCHLAGER, Florian - BERTRAM, Christof A. - ZIEGLER, Ute - FAST, Christine - KLOPFLEISCH, Robert - MUELLER, Kerstin. Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free-ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) in Germany. In TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES. ISSN 1865-1674, 2021, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 907-919.
5.
CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov]. In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683. (2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.564 - ABDC).
[1] CABANOVA, Viktoria - SIKUTOVA, Silvie - STRAKOVA, Petra - SEBESTA, Oldrich - VICHOVA, Bronislava - ZUBRIKOVA, Dana - MITERPAKOVA, Martina - MENDEL, Jan - HURNIKOVA, Zuzana - HUBALEK, Zdenek - RUDOLF, Ivo. Co-Circulation of West Nile and Usutu Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes in Slovakia, 2018. In VIRUSES-BASEL. ISSN 1999-4915, 2019, vol. 11, no. 7, pp.

VI.5. Participation in conducting or leading the most important projects over the last six years

1.
Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0354/21 – Study of the replication, neurovirulent potential and the innate antivirus response against tick-borne orbiviruses in host cell models. Project period: 2021–2024.
2.
Cultural and educational grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 007UVLF-4/2021 – Bioinformatic and molecular tools to study factors of pathogenicity and virulence of the medically important bacterial pathogens. Project period: 2021–2023.
3.
Slovak research and development agency APVV-19-0440 – Emerging zoonotic pathogens transmitted by neglected arthropod species in Slovakia. Project period: 2020–2024.
4.
EU4Health Programme 101132974 – One Health surveillance and Vector monitoring for cross-border pathogens - OH SURVector. Project period: 2024–2026.
5.
Slovak research and development agency SK-PL-21-0074 – The tick Dermacentor reticulatus and Central Europe - spatiotemporal changes at the beginning of the millennium and epidemiological risks. Project period: 2022–2023.
VII. Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities
Position / activityInstitutionYear
Member
World Society for Virology
2018 – 2025
Member
European Society for Veterinary Virology
2017 – 2025
Member
Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology
2016 – 2025
External member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2015 – 2025
VIII. Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
InstitutionAddressMobility scheme, employment contract, otherYear
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Saint Stefan´s University,
István utca 2, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Domus Senior
2016 – 2016
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Stoney Road 12, Belfast, Northern Ireland
EU Project (NMSACC-PCVD 518432 PCVD: Towards Improved Food Quality and Safety within New Member States)
2009 – 2009
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Ghent
Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Ghent, Belgium
Erasmus
2009 – 2009
IX. Other relevant facts

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