Šebesta Oldřich

Pozice: research assistant
Zaměření: vector-borne infections, propagation of One-Health concept

Publications and Applied outputs

2026

Šikutová S, Mravcová K, Mendel J, Šebesta O, Sak B, Holubová N, Kváč M, McKee C, Adler PH, Otranto D, Rudolf I (2026). Molecular screening of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) for vector-borne zoonotic pathogens, South Moravia, Czech Republic. Zoonoses and Public Health.

2024

Šebesta O, Janouch M, Mravcová K, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2024). The overwintering of the invasive mosquito species Aedes koreicus in the Czech Republic as a prerequisite for its establishment. Hygiena.
Šikutová S, Šebesta O, Mravcová K, Rudolf I (2024). Surveillance of invasive mosquito species with a focus on Aedes albopictus using ovitraps. Approved Methodology MZDR 8472/2024-3/VVD.
Šikutová S, Šebesta O, Vojtíšek J, Mravcová K, Rudolf I (2024). Simplified photokey for the identification of medically important mosquitoes in the Czech Republic. Approved Methodology MZDR 8472/2024-2/VVD.

2022

Vojtíšek J, Šebesta O, Šikutová S, Kampen H, Rudolf I (2022). First record of the invasive mosquito species Aedes koreicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Czech Republic. Parasitology Research.
Vojtíšek J, Janssen N, Šikutová S, Šebesta O, Kampen H, Rudolf I (2022). Emergence of the invasive Asian bush mosquito Aedes (Hulecoeteomyia) japonicus (Theobald, 1901) in the Czech Republic. Parasites & Vectors, 250.

2021

Šebesta O, Šikutová S, Vojtíšek J, Kejíková R, Rudolf I (2021). Long-term monitoring of invasive mosquito species in South Moravia associated with transmisssions of exotic viral fevers. Hygiena.

2020

Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Šebesta O, Mendel J, Malenovský I, Kampen H, Medlock J, Schaffner F (2020). Overwintering of Culex modestus and other mosquito species in a reedbed ecosystem, including arbovirus findings. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.
Rudolf I, Blažejová H, Mendel J, Straková P, Šebesta O, Rettich F, Čabanová V, Miterpáková M, Betášová L, Peško J, Barbušinová E, McKee C, Osikowicz L, Šikutová S, Hubálek Z, Kosoy M (2020). Bartonella species in medically important mosquitoes, Central Europe. Parasitology Research.
Šikutová S, Dočkal P, Straková P, Mendel J, Šebesta O, Betášová L, Blažejová H, Hubálek Z, Rudolf I (2020). First record of mosquito-borne Kyzylagach virus in Central Europe. Viruses, 1445.

2019

Čabanová V, Šikutová S, Straková P, Šebesta O, Vichová B, Zubríková D, Miterpáková M, Mendel J, Hurníková Z, Hubálek Z, Rudolf I (2019). Co-circulation of West Nile and Usutu flaviviruses in mosquitoes in Slovakia, 2018. Viruses, 639.

2018

Blažejová H, Šebesta O, Rettich F, Mendel J, Čabanová V, Miterpáková M, Betášová L, Peško J, Hubálek Z, Kampen H, Rudolf I (2018). Cryptic species Anopheles daciae (Diptera: Culicidae) found in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Parasitology Research.
Rudolf I, Blažejová H, Šebesta O, Mendel J, Peško J, Betášová L, Straková P, Šikutová S, Hubálek Z (2018). West Nile virus (lineage 2) in mosquitoes in southern Moravia – awaiting the first autochthonous human cases. Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie, 67: 44-46.
Rudolf I, Blažejová H, Straková P, Šebesta O, Peško J, Mendel J, Šikutová S, Hubálek Z, Kampen H, Schaffner F (2018). The invasive Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Czech Republic: Repetitive introduction events highlight the need for extended entomological surveillance. Acta Tropica.

2017

Rudolf I, Betášová L, Blažejová H, Venclíková K, Straková P, Šebesta O, Mendel J, Bakonyi T, Schaffner F, Nowotny N, Hubálek Z (2017). West Nile virus in overwintering mosquitoes, central Europe. Parasites & Vectors, 452.

2015

Rudolf I, Bakonyi T, Šebesta O, Mendel J, Peško J, Betášová L, Blažejová H, Venclíková K, Straková P, Nowotny N, Hubálek Z (2015). Co-circulation of Usutu virus and West Nile virus in a reed bed ecosystem. Parasites & Vectors.
Rudolf I, Šebesta O, Straková P, Betášová L, Blažejová H, Venclíková K, Seidel B, Tóth S, Hubálek Z, Schaffner F (2015). Overwintering of Uranotaenia unguiculata adult females in central Europe: a possible way of persistence of the putative new lineage of West Nile virus?. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.

2014

Hubálek Z, Šebesta O, Peško J, Betášová L, Blažejová H, Venclíková K, Rudolf I (2014). Isolation of Tahyna virus (California Encephalitis Group) from Anopheles hyrcanus (Diptera, Culicidae), a mosquito species new to, and expanding in, Central Europe. Journal of Medical Entomology.
Rudolf I, Bakonyi T, Šebesta O, Mendel J, Peško J, Betášová L, Blažejová H, Venclíková K, Straková P, Nowotny N, Hubálek Z (2014). West Nile virus lineage 2 isolated from Culex modestus mosquitoes in the Czech Republic, 2013: expansion of the European WNV endemic area to the North?. Eurosurveillance.
Rudolf I, Šebesta O, Mendel J, Betášová L, Bocková E, Jedličková P, Venclíková K, Blažejová H, Šikutová S, Hubálek Z (2014). Zoonotic Dirofilaria repens (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in Aedes vexans mosquitoes, Czech Republic. Parasitology Research.
Berec L, Gelbič I, Šebesta O (2014). Worthy of their name: How floods drive outbreaks of two major floodwater mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology.

2013

Šebesta O, Gelbič I, Peško J (2013). Seasonal dynamics of mosquito occurrence in the Lower Dyje River Basin at the Czech-Slovak-Austrian border. Italian Journal of Zoology.

2012

Calzolari M, Zé-Zé L, Růžek D, Vazquez A, Jeffries C, Defilippo F, Osório H, Kilian P, Ruíz S, Fooks AR, Maioli G, Amaro F, Tlustý M, Figuerola J, Medlock JM, Bonilauri P, Alves MJ, Šebesta O, Tenorio A, Vaux AGC, Bellini R, Gelbič I, Sánchez-Seco MP, Johnson N, Dottori M (2012). Detection of mosquito-only flaviviruses in Europe. Journal of General Virology.
Šebesta O, Gelbič I, Minář J (2012). Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Lower Dyje River Basin (Podyjí) at the Czech–Austrian border. Central European Journal of Biology.
Šebesta O, Rudolf I, Betášová L, Peško J, Hubálek Z (2012). An invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus found in the Czech Republic, 2012. Eurosurveillance.
Šebesta O, Peško J, Gelbič I (2012). Influence of trap construction on mosquito capture. Journal of Life Sciences, 6: 209-215.
Šebesta O, Rettich F, Peško J (2012). Research on mosquitoes in Southern Moravia and their significance for health. Hygiena, 57: 4-9.
Gelbič I, Šebesta O, Růžek D, Kilian P (2012). Accuracy improvement and standardization on the method of mosquito monitoring and procedure for detection of flaviviruses and bunyaviruses. Certified Methodology.

2011

Šebesta O, Gelbič I, Peško J (2011). Daily and seasonal variation in the activity of potential vector mosquitoes. Central European Journal of Biology.

2010

Hubálek Z, Rudolf I, Bakonyi T, Kazdová K, Halouzka J, Šebesta O, Šikutová S, Juřicová Z, Nowotny N (2010). Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) surveillance for arboviruses in an area endemic for West Nile (Lineage Rabensburg) and Ťahyňa viruses in central Europe. Journal of Medical Entomology.
Šebesta O, Halouzka J, Hubálek Z, Juřicová Z, Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Svobodová P, Reiter P (2010). Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna in an area endemic for West Nile virus. Journal of Vector Ecology.

2009

Šebesta O, Rettich F, Minář J, Halouzka J, Hubálek Z, Juřicová Z, Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Gelbič I, Reiter P (2009). Přítomnost komára Anopheles hyrcanus na jižní Moravě (Česko). Medical and Veterinary Entomology.