Mgr. Silvie Šikutová Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction ecology of arthropod vectors

+420 519 352 961

Research intersts

  • zoonoses research based on microbiological, molecular and immunological approach,
  • ecology of arthropod vectors.

Publications and Applied outputs

2025

Pekľanská M, Kuníková K, Vlčková R, Slabová H, Hartmann D, Volfová K, Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Rego ROM, Noriega FG, Hajdušek O, Perner J, Votýpka J, Nouzová M, Šíma R (2025). Experimental evidence rules out mosquitoes as vectors of Lyme disease. Parasites & Vectors, 18: 206.
Rudolf I, Kejíková R, Kosoy M, Hubálek Z, Mravcová K, Šikutová S, Whatmore AM, Al Dahouk S (2025). Brucella microti and rodent-borne brucellosis: a neglected public health threat.. Zoonoses and Public Health, 72: 1-8.
Šikutová S, Graña-Miraglia L, Vancová M, Bílý T, Sing A, Castillo-Ramirez S, Rudolf I, Margos G, Fingerle V (2025). Description of genome sequences of arthropod-associated spirochetes of the genus Entomospira. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 14: e00740-24.

2024

Mravcová K, Zadražilová S, Vlčková I, Orlíková H, Malý M, Kynčl J, Mendel J, Hubálek Z, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2024). Výskyt Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica v hematofágních členovcích na Břeclavsku v roce 2022. Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie, 73: 147-1521210 .
Rudolf I, Mravcová K, Šikutová S (2024). West Nile virus a jeho narůstající epidemiologický význam ve střední Evropě. Vakcinologie, 18: 122-128.
Sak B, Fibigerová M, Mravcová K, Holubová N, Šikutová S, Fenclová D, Kváč M, Rudolf I (2024). Tick-borne microsporidiosis: ticks as a neglected source of human microsporidian infections?. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 13: 2384472.
Schaffner F, Kwaśnik M, Myczko Ł, Rożek W, Eritja R, Lippert S, Weigand A, Werner D, Kampen H, Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Čabanová V, Wint GRW, Leszczyńska J (2024). A survey targeting exotic Aedes mosquito species in Central Europe, summer 2023, reveals the extensive occurrence of Aedes japonicus in Poland. Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, :.
Šebesta O, Janouch M, Mravcová K, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2024). Přezimování invazního druhu komára Aedes koreicus na území České republiky jako předpoklad pro jeho trvalé usídlení. Hygiena, 69: 97-100.
Šikutová S, Mendel J, Mravcová K, Kejíková R, Hubálek Z, Kampen H, Rudolf I (2024). Detection of Usutu virus in a house martin bug Oeciacus hirundinis (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): implications for virus overwintering in a temperate zone. Parasitology Research, 123: 304.

2023

Mravcová K, Camp JV, Hubálek Z, Šikutová S, Vaux AGC, Medlock JM, Rudolf I (2023). Ťahyňa virus—A widespread, but neglected mosquito-borne virus in Europe. Zoonoses and Public Health, 70: 371-382.

2022

Kejíková R, McKee C, Straková P, Šikutová S, Mendel J, Rudolf I (2022). First detection of Bartonella spp. in bat bugs Cimex pipistrelli (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), Central Europe. Parasitology Research, 121: 3341-3345.
Seidlová V, Straková P, Kejíková R, Němcová M, Bartonička T, Salát J, Dufková L, Šikutová S, Mendel J, McKee C, Zukal J, Pikula J, Rudolf I (2022). Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 11: 2211-2213.
Šikutová S, Mendel J, Vojtíšek J, Hubálek Z, Rudolf I (2022). First record of mosquito-borne Sindbis virus (genotype I) in the Czech Republic. Acta virologica, 66: 295-297.
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, 121: 3701-3704.
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, 15: 250.
Vojtíšek J, Pečta R, Kejíková R, Hubálek Z, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2022). Usutu virus, další emergentní patogen přenášený komáry ve střední Evropě. Military Medical Science Letters, 91: 51-64.

2021

Čabanová V, Tichá E, Bradbury RS, Zubrikova D, Valentová D, Chovancová G, Grešáková L, Víchová B, Šikutová S, Csank T, Hurníková Z, Miterpáková M, Rudolf I (2021). 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. Eurosurveillance, 26: 2000063.
Rudolf I, Kejíková R, Vojtíšek J, Mendel J, Peňázziová K, Hubálek Z, Šikutová S, Estrada-Peňa A (2021). Probable overwintering of adult Hyalomma rufipes in Central Europe. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 12: 101718.
Šebesta O, Šikutová S, Vojtíšek J, Kejíková R, Rudolf I (2021). Dlouhodobý monitoring invazních druhů komárů na jižní Moravě z pohledu rizika přenosu exotických virových nákaz. Hygiena, 66: 80-86.
Švec P, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2021). Mapování klíšťaty a komáry přenosných onemocnění. Geografické rozhledy, 31: 38-411210 .
Zelená H, Kleinerová J, Šikutová S, Straková P, Kocourková H, Stebel R, Husa P, Husa jr. P, Tesařová E, Lejdarová H, Šebesta O, Juráš P, Ciupek R, Mrázek J, Rudolf I (2021). First autochthonous West Nile lineage 2 and Usutu virus infections in humans, July to October 2018, Czech Republic. Pathogens, 10: 651.

2020

Graña‑Miraglia L, Šikutová S, Vancová M, Bílý T, Fingerle V, Sing A, Castillo‑Ramírez S, Margos G, Rudolf I (2020). Spirochetes isolated from arthropods constitute a novel genus Entomospira genus novum within the order Spirochaetales. Scientific Reports, 10: 17053.
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, 119: 2713-2717.
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, 36: 257-260.
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, 12: 1445.

2019

Ciupek R, Juráš P, Šebesta O, Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Zelená H (2019). Západonilská horečka – autochtonní výskyt na jižní Moravě v roce 2018 z pohledu epidemiologa. Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie, 68: 159-1671210 .
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, 11: 639.
Hönig V, Palus M, Kašpar T, Zemanová M, Majerová K, Hofmannová L, Papezik P, Šikutová S, Rettich F, Hubálek Z, Rudolf I, Votýpka J, Modrý D, Růžek D (2019). Multiple Lineages of Usutu Virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) in Blackbirds (Turdus merula) and Mosquitoes (Culex pipiens, Cx. modestus) in the Czech Republic (2016-2019). Microorganisms, 7: 568.
Hubálek Z, Tomešek M, Kosina M, Šikutová S, Straková P, Rudolf I (2019). West Nile virus outbreak in captive and wild raptors, Czech Republic, 2018. Zoonoses and Public Health, 66: 978-981.
Rudolf I, Rettich F, Betášová L, Imrichová K, Mendel J, Hubálek Z, Šikutová S (2019). West Nile virus (linie 2) poprvé detekován v komárech v jižních Čechách: nová endemická oblast?. Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie, 68: 150-1531210 .

2018

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, 185: 239-241.
Rudolf I, Blažejová H, Šebesta O, Mendel J, Peško J, Betášová L, Straková P, Šikutová S, Hubálek Z (2018). West Nile virus (linie 2) v komárech na jižní Moravě – očekávání prvních autochtonních lidských případů. Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie, 67: 44-461210 .

2015

Straková P, Šikutová S, Jedličková P, Sitko J, Rudolf I, Hubálek Z (2015). The common coot as sentinel species for the presence of West Nile and Usutu flaviviruses in Central Europe. Research in Veterinary Science, 102: 159-161.

2014

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, 113: 4663-4667.
Šikutová S, Buňková L, Krejčí E, Halouzka J, Sanogo YO, Rudolf I (2014). Selected phenotypic features of BR91, a unique spirochaetal strainisolated from the Culex pipiens mosquito. Microbiological Research, 169: 348-352.
Venclíková K, Betášová L, Šikutová S, Jedličková P, Hubálek Z, Rudolf I (2014). Human pathogenic borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks in natural and urban ecosystem (Czech Republic). Acta Parasitologica, 59: 717-720.

2013

Hubálek Z, Ludvíková E, Jahn P, Treml F, Rudolf I, Svobodová P, Šikutová S, Betášová L, Bíreš J, Mojžíš M, Tinák M, Boldižár M, Citsoňová G, Staššíková Z (2013). West Nile virus equine serosurvey in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 13: 733-738.

2012

Konvalinová J, Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Hubálek Z, Svobodová V, Svoboda M (2012). Contribution to canine babesiosis in the Czech Republic. Acta veterinaria Brno, 81: 91-95.

2011

Jourdain E, Olsen B, Lundkvist A, Hubálek Z, Šikutová S, Waldenström J, Karlsson M, Wahlström M, Jozan M, Falk KI (2011). Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Wild Birds from Northern Europe. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11: 77-79.

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, 47: 466-472.
Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Kopecký J, Hubálek Z (2010). Salivary gland extract from engorged Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) stimulates in vitro growth of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 50: 294-298.
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, 35: 156-162.
Šikutová S, Halouzka J, Mendel J, Knoz J, Rudolf I (2010). Novel spirochetes isolated from mosquitoes and black flies in the Czech Republic. Journal of Vector Ecology, 35: 50-55.

2009

Juřicová Z, Hubálek Z, Halouzka J, Šikutová S (2009). Serological examination of songbirds (Passeriformes) for mosquito-borne viruses Sindbis, Ťahyňa, and Batai in a South Moravian Wetland (Czech Republic). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 9: 295-299.
Rudolf I, Mendel J, Šikutová S, Švec P, Masaříková J, Nováková D, Buňková L, Sedláček I, Hubálek Z (2009). 16S rRNA gene-based identification of cultured bacterial flora from host-seeking Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks, vectors of vertebrate pathogens. Folia Microbiologica, 54: 419-428.
Šebesta O, Rettich F, Minář J, Halouzka J, Hubálek Z, Juřicová Z, Rudolf I, Šikutová S, Gelbič I, Reiter P (2009). Presence of the mosquito Anopheles hyrcanus in South Moravia, Czech Republic. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 23: 284-286.
Šikutová S, Hornok S, Hubálek Z, Doležálková I, Juřicová Z, Rudolf I (2009). Serological survey of domestic animals for tick-borne encephalitis and Bhanja viruses in northeastern Hungary. Veterinary Microbiology, 135: 267-271.

2008

Hubálek Z, Wegner E, Halouzka J, Tryjanowski P, Jerzak L, Šikutová S, Rudolf I, Kruszewicz AG, Jaworski Z, Włodarczyk R (2008). Serologic survey of potential vertebrate hosts for West Nile Virus in Poland. Viral Immunology, 21: 247-254.
Hubálek Z, Halouzka J, Juřicová Z, Šikutová S, Rudolf I, Honza M, Janková J, Chytil J, Marec F, Sitko J (2008). Serologic survey of birds for West Nile Flavivirus in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 8: 659-666.
Meister T, Lussy H, Bakonyi T, Šikutová S, Rudolf I, Vogl W, Winkler H, Frey H, Hubálek Z, Nowotny N, Weissenböck H (2008). Serological evidence of continuing high Usutu virus (Flaviviridae) activity and establishment of herd immunity in wild birds in Austria. Veterinary Microbiology, 127: 237-248.
Rudolf I, Hubálek Z, Šikutová S, Švec P (2008). Opomíjené virové infekce přenášené hematofágními členovci v České republice. Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie, 57: 80-891210 .

2007

Šikutová S, Rudolf I, Golovchenko M, Rudenko N, Grubhoffer L, Hubálek Z (2007). Detection of Anaplasma DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks: pitfalls. Folia Parasitologica, 54: 310-312.

2006

Hubálek Z, Halouzka J, Juřicová Z, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2006). Effect of forest clearing on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 20: 166-172.

2005

Hubálek Z, Zeman P, Halouzka J, Juřicová Z, Šťovíčková E, Bálková H, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2005). Mosquitoborne viruses, Czech republic, 2002. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11: 116-118.
Rudolf I, Golovchenko M, Šikutová S, Rudenko N, Grubhoffer L, Hubálek Z (2005). Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in nymphal Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Czech Republic. Folia Parasitologica, 52: 274-276.

2004

Čechová L, Durnová E, Šikutová S, Halouzka J, Němec M (2004). Characterization of spirochetal isolates from arthropods collected in South Moravia, Czech Republic, using fatty acid methyl esters analysis. Journal of Chromatography B-Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 808: 249-254.
Hubálek Z, Zeman P, Halouzka J, Juřicová Z, Šťovíčková E, Bálková H, Šikutová S, Rudolf I (2004). Protilátky k virům přenosným komáry u středočeské populace z oblasti zasažené povodní v roce 2002. Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie, 53: 112-1201210 .
Šikutová S, Halouzka J, Baruš V (2004). Mermithid nematode parasitizing in Tabanidae (Diptera) in South Moravia, Czech Republic. Helminthologia, 41: 113-114.
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