Bethan MasonDirection molecular ecologymason@ivb.czPhD thesis A wormy world: exploring strongylid infections in wild primates following disease emergence in mountain gorillasPublications and Applied outputs2026Pafčo B, Kreisinger J, Romportl D, Mason B, Červená B, Uwamahoro C, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Nziza J, Kambale Syaluha E, Ssebide B, Noheri JB, Bahizi M, Okwirokello R, Nizeyimana F, Lukusa JP, Gilardi K, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mudakikwa A, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Aruho R, Hickey J, Šlapeta J, Modrý D, Lowenstine L, Hasegawa H, Cranfield M, Petrželková KJ (2026). Emerging pathogenic strongylid infections in Virunga Massif mountain gorillas: Role of environmental stressors. Journal of Applied Ecology, e70258.2025Mason B, Ilík V, Červená B, Cranfield M, Nziza J, Ssebide B, Gilardi K, Uwamahoro C, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mudakikwa A, Aruho R, Whittier CA, Kreisinger J, Samaš P, Nosková E, Modrý D, Pafčo B, Petrželková KJ (2025). Untangling parasite epidemiology of mountain gorillas through historical samples: Strongylid nematodes are friends or foe?. Biological Conservation, 111319.2024Mason B, Červená B, Frias L, Goossens B, Hasegawa H, Keuk K, Langgeng A, Majewski K, Matsumoto T, Matsuura K, Mendonça R, Okamoto M, Peter S, Petrželková KJ, Sipangkui S, Xu Z, Pafčo B, MacIntosh AJJ (2024). Novel insight into the genetic diversity of strongylid nematodes infecting South-East and East Asian primates. Parasitology.2022Mason B, Petrželková KJ, Kreisinger J, Bohm T, Červená B, Fairet E, Fuh T, Gomez A, Knauf S, Maloueki U, Modrý D, Shirley M, Tagg N, Wangue N, Pafčo B (2022). Gastrointestinal symbiont diversity in wild gorilla: A comparison of bacterial and strongylid communities across multiple localities. Molecular Ecology.Mason B, Piel AK, Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Stewart FA, Pafčo B (2022). Association of human disturbance and gastrointestinal parasite infection of yellow baboons in western Tanzania. PLoS ONE, e0262481.
