MVDr. Barbora Červená Ph.D.

Position grant funded researcher
Direction host-parasite relationship

+420 724507426

Research interests

  • host-parasite relationship,
  • parasite communities in primates and their influence of the host,
  • interspecies transmission of parasites in sympatric primates.

Running Projects

Ongoing global invasion of zoonotic parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis: an assessment of risks of its emergence in Europe (2022–2024)

Finished projects

The role of strongylid nematodes in chronic wasting syndrome of mountain gorillas (2021–2023)

Education

  • 2007 – 2013 – University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, programme Veterinary medicine; thesis Comparison of parasitofauna of free-ranging African savanna and forest elephants L. africana and L. cyclotis.
  • 2013 – 2017 – University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of pathology and parasitology; PhD thesis Diversity and host specificity of Mammomonogamusnematodes in domestic animals and wildlife.
  • 2018 – 2019 – study visit – University of Sydney.

Publications

2024

Červená B, Prokopová T, Cameira RM, Pafčo B, Samaš P, Romportl D, Uwamahoro C, Noheri JB, Ntwari AE, Bahizi M, Nzayisenga G, Nziza J, Gilardi K, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Mudakikwa A, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Cranfield M, Šlapeta J, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2024). Anoplocephalid tapeworms in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) inhabiting the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Parasitology, 151: 135-150.
Nosková E, Sambucci KM, Petrželková KJ, Červená B, Modrý D, Pafčo B (2024). Strongyloides in non-human primates: significance for public health control. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 379: 20230006.
Pafčo B, Nosková E, Ilík V, Anettová L, Červená B, Kreisinger J, Pšenková I, Václavek P, Vyhlídalová T, Ježková J, Malát K, Mihalca AD, Modrý D (2024). First insight into strongylid nematode diversity and anthelmintic treatment effectiveness in beef cattle in the Czech Republic explored by HTS metagenomics. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 47:1210 100961.

2023

Hrazdilová K, Daněk O, Hrbatová A, Červená B, Nosková E, Adamík P, Votýpka J, Mihalca AD, Noureddine M, Modrý D, Žurek J (2023). Genetic analysis challenges the presence of Ixodes inopinatus in Central Europe: development of a multiplex PCR to distinguish I. inopinatus from I. ricinus. Parasites & Vectors, 16: 354.
Nosková E, Modrý D, Baláž V, Červená B, Jirků-Pomajbíková K, Zechmeisterová K, Leowski C, Petrželková KJ, Pšenková I, Vodička R, Kessler SE, Ngoubangoye B, Setchell JM, Pafčo B (2023). Identification of potentially zoonotic parasites in captive orangutans and semi-captive mandrills: Phylogeny and morphological comparison. American Journal of Primatology, 85: e23475.

2022

Červená B, Anettová L, Nosková E, Pafčo B, Pšenková I, Javorská K, Příhodová P, Ježková J, Václavek P, Malát K, Modrý D (2022). The winner takes it all: Dominance of Calicophoron daubneyi (Digenea: Paramphistomidae) among flukes in Central European beef cattle. Parasitology, 149: 612-621.
Červená B, Modrý D, Nosková E, Anettová L, Pafčo B, Pšenková I, Václavek P, Vyhlídalová T, Ježková J, Malát K (2022). Parazitózy masného skotu v České republice - současný stav a budoucnost. Veterinářství, 72: 149-1561210 .
Juránková J, Šenkyříková Mitková B, Novotná M, Hofmannová L, Červená B, Bowman DD, Modrý D (2022). Further data on the distribution of Dirofilaria spp. in the Czech Republic in dogs. Folia Parasitologica, 69: 007.
Mason 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, 31: 4127-4145.
Modrý D, Červená B, Pafčo B, Pšenková I, Malát K, Ježková J, Václavek P (2022). Results of parasitological monitoring of beef cattle herds in the Czech Republic, with first description of the occurrence of invasive rumen fluke Calicophoron daubneyi in beef herds. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 70: 205-214.
Petrželková KJ, Samaš P, Romportl D, Uwamahoro C, Červená B, Pafčo B, Prokopová T, Cameira R, Granjon AC, Shapiro A, Bahizi M, Nziza J, Noheri JB, Syaluha EK, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Šlapeta J, Modrý D, Gilardi K, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mudakikwa A, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Hickey JR, Cranfield M (2022). Ecological drivers of helminth infection patterns in the Virunga Massif mountain gorilla population. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 17: 174-184.
Schulz D, Pšenková-Profousová I, Červená B, Procter M, Neba TF, Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Qablan MA (2022). Occurrence and diversity of anaerobic gut fungi in wild forest elephants and buffaloes inhabiting two separated forest ecosystems in Central West Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 71:1205 21033.
Willenborg CM, Červená B, Thompson P, Rosario E, Ruaux C, Vogelnest L, Šlapeta J (2022). Giardia duodenalis in a clinically healthy population of captive zoo chimpanzees: Rapid antigen testing, diagnostic real-time PCR and faecal microbiota profiling. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 17: 308-318.

2021

Červená B (2021). Diferenciální diagnostika jednobuněčných parazitů zažívacího traktu psů a koček. Veterinární lékař, 19: 257-2591210 .
Hrazdilová K, Červená B, Blanvillain C, Foronda P, Modrý D (2021). Quest for the type species of the genus Hepatozoon phylogenetic position of hemogregarines of rats and consequences for taxonomy. Systematics and Biodiversity, 19: 622-631.
Petrželková KJ, Uwamahoro C, Pafčo B, Červená B, Samaš P, Mudakikwa A, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Gilardi K, Nziza J, Noheri JB, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Ssebide B, Okwirokello R, Nizeyimana F, Syaluha EK, Nzayisenga G, Flores Girón L, Bahizi M, Ntwari AE, Lukusa JP, Tumushime JC, Mangura D, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Aruho R, Stryková A, Tehlarová Z, Cameira R, Lowenstine L, Šlapeta J, Romportl D, Ferrari N, Cranfield M, Modrý D (2021). Heterogeneity in patterns of helminth infections across populations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Scientific Reports, 11: 10869.
Sirima C, Bizet C, Hamou H, Červená B, Lemarcis T, Esteban A, Peeters M, Mpoudi Ngole E, Mombo IM, Liégeois F, Petrželková KJ, Boussinesq M, Locatelli S (2021). Soil-transmitted helminth infections in free-ranging non-human primates from Cameroon and Gabon. Parasites & Vectors, 14: 354.

2020

Novotný L, Červená B, Misík J, Modrý D (2020). Mesomycetozoean parasite Dermocystidium sp. infecting skin of cardinal tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi (Schultz, 1956). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 40: 173-1801210 .

2019

Červená B, Modrý D, Feckova B, Hrazdilová K, Foronda P, Alonso AM, Lee R, Walker J, Niebuhr CN, Malik R, Šlapeta J (2019). Low diversity of Angiostrongylus cantonensis complete mitochondrial DNA sequences from Australia, Hawaii, French Polynesia and the Canary Islands revealed using whole genome next-generation sequencing. Parasites & Vectors, 12: 241.
Sharma AK, Pafčo B, Vlčková K, Červená B, Kreisinger J, Davison S, Beeri K, Fuh T, Leigh SR, Burns MB, Blekhman R, Petrželková KJ, Gomez A (2019). Mapping gastrointestinal gene expression patterns in wild primates and humans via fecal RNA-seq. BMC Genomics, 20: 493.