Červená Barbora

Pozice: grant funded researcher
Zaměření: host-parasite relationship
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Finished projects

Ongoing global invasion of zoonotic parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis: an assessment of risks of its emergence in Europe (2022–2024)
The role of strongylid nematodes in chronic wasting syndrome of mountain gorillas (2021–2023)

Publications and Applied outputs

2026

Pafčo 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.

2025

Pandian D, Šipková A, Scarcelli S, Sgroi G, Kačmaříková J, Buono F, Castaldo E, D’Alessio N, Červená B, Veneziano V, Modrý D (2025). Detection of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in rats and gastropods, Italy. Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Uwamahoro C, Holubová N, Jirků M, Sak B, Květoňová D, Samaš P, Červená B, Romportl D, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Aruho R, Cranfield M, Gilardi K, Nziza J, Ssebide B, Syaluha EK, Pafčo B, Jirků K, Kváč M, Petrželková KJ (2025). Cryptosporidium, Microsporidia and Giardia infections in endangered mountain gorillas inhabiting Virunga Massif. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 25035.
Mason 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.

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.
Mason 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.
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, 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, 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, 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, e23475.

2022

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.
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.
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, 21033.
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, 007.
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.
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.
Červená B, Modrý D, Nosková E, Anettová L, Pafčo B, Pšenková I, Václavek P, Vyhlídalová T, Ježková J, Malát K (2022). Parasitoses of beef cattle in the Czech Republic - current state and future. Veterinářství, 72: 149-156.
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.

2021

Červená B (2021). Differential diagnosis of protozoan parasites of canine and feline gastrointestinal system. Veterinární lékař, 19: 257-259.
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.
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, Tehlárová 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, 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, 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.

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, 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, 493.

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.