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Book of Abstracts XIIIXIII th SLOVAKSLOVAK ANDAND CZECHCZECH PARASITOLOGICALPARASITOLOGICAL DAYSDAYS XIII. SLOVENSKÉ A ČESKÉ PARAZITOLOGICKÉ DNI ParasitesParasites inin thethe HeartHeart ofof EuropeEurope 2 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Košice, Slovakia,Sl ki Congress C g Hotel H t l Centrum C May 21 – 25, 2018 The editors hold no responsibility for any content, inaccuracy or language errors in the abstracts. EDITORS MARTINA MITERPÁKOVÁ, ZUZANA VASILKOVÁ GRAPHIC DESIGN ZUZANA VASILKOVÁ ISBN 978 – 80 - 968473 – 9 – 6 ©SLOVAK SOCIETY FOR PARASITOLOGY AT SAS KOŠICE, MAY 2018 OORRGAANINIZZEED BY TTHHE Sllovakovak Soocietyciety fforor Paarasitologyrasitology Innstitutestitute ooff Paarasitology,rasitology, Sllovakovak Accademyademy ooff Scciencesiences Czzechech Societyociety fforor Paarasitologyrasitology ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR: MARTINA MITERPÁKOVÁ MEMBERS: DANIELA ANTOLOVÁ ZUZANA HURNÍKOVÁ EVA NOVÁKOVÁ VERONIKA TARAGEĽOVÁ ZUZANA VASILKOVÁ JUDGING PANEL FOR STUDENT COMPETITION CHAIR: IVICA HROMADOVÁ Institute of Parasitology SAS, Košice, SK MEMBERS: DAVID BRUCE CONN Harvard University and Berry College, US LIBOR MIKEŠ Charles University, Faculty of Science, Prague, CZ DANIEL MŁOCICKI Medical University of Warsaw, PL MARIÁN VÁRADY Institute of Parasitology SAS, Košice, SK JAN VOTÝPKA Charles University, Faculty of Science, Prague, CZ GRZEGORZ ZALEŚNY Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, PL TABLE OF CONTENTS Session I – Helminths: Diversity, Taxonomy and Ultrastructure……….......................……………1 Session II – Parasitology in Genomic, Immunology and Biochemistry Era……..........................16 Session III – Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases…………...................……………….……...…32 Session IV – Veterinary and Plant Parasitology……………………..................….…….…………48 Session V – Wild-Life Parasitology and Zoonoses…………………………..........................……60 Session VI – Human and Clinical Parasitology…………………….............……………………......77 Session I – Helminths: Diversity, Taxonomy and Ultrastructure Plenary lecture Jiří Vorel, Jana Ilgová, Pavel Roudnický, Libor Mikeš, Hana Dvořáková, Lucie Jedličková, Dáša Jirsová, Hynek Strnad, Roman Leontovyč, Ewa Dzika, Božena Koubková, Lukáš Vetešník, David Potěšil, Zbyněk Zdráhal, Marie Jankůjová, Jan Oppelt, Pavel Jurajda, Milan Gelnar, Martin Kašný (CZ): “Omics” of Monogeneans Oral presentations Grzegorz Zaleśny, Pyrka E., Joanna Hildebrand, Marta Kolodziej-Sobocinska, Andrzej Zalewski (PL): Genetic Structure of the Population of Isthmiophora melis in Poland Jan Magdálek, Zuzana Čadková, Jaroslav Vadlejch (CZ): Quo vadis Ashworthius sidemi? Current Status of a Non- Native Parasite in the Czech Republic Eva Bazsalovicsová, Ivica Králová-Hromadová, Bing-Wen Xi, Jan Štefka (SK): Invasive parasite of common carp Atractolytocestus huronensis (Cestoda); a tour around four continents Alžbeta Koleničová, Eva Bazsalovicsová, Ivica Králová-Hromadová, Gabriel Minárik, Jan Štefka (SK): Development of Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Broad Fish Tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus (syn. Diphyllobothrium latum) Martina Matoušková, Magdaléna Bruňanská, Tomáš Bílý, Jana Nebesářová (SK): Spermiogenesis and Ultrastructure of the Spermatozoon of the Caryophyllidean Cestode Caryophyllaeides fennica (Schneider, 1902) Oldřich Vondráček, Pavel Talacko, Roman Leontovyč, Jana Bulantová, Petr Horák (CZ): Laser Microdissection- Based Proteomics of Helminth Tissues Michal Benovics, Yves Desdevises, Radek Šanda, Jasna Vukić, Andrea Šimková (CZ): New Insights to the Coevolutionary Relationships of Host-Specifi c Monogeneans and their Peri-Mediterranean Cyprinid Hosts Kateřina Vyčítalová, Božena Koubková, Andrea Šimková (CZ): Diplozoids (Monogenea) from the Endemic Cyprinid Species from Mediterranean Area: Diversity and Phylogeny Maria Lujza Červenka Kičinja, Mária Seifertová, Milan Gelnar, Eva Řehulková (CZ): Phylogenetic Relationships among Dactylogyrid Species from African Tetras Tomáš Pakosta, Lukáš Vetešník, Andrea Šimková (CZ): A Long Temporal Study of Red Queen Dynamics in Diploid- Polyploid Populations of Carassius gibelio David Bruce Conn, Chris T. McAllister, Vasyl Tkach (US): New Perspectives on Postlarval Metamorphosis and Juvenile Development of Mesocestoides from Europe and the Americas Poster presentations Jana Králová, Jan Votýpka, Julius Lukeš, Alexei Yu Kostygov, Viktoria Spodareva, Vyacheslav Yurchenko (CZ): Diversity of Monoxenous Trypanosomatids Originated from the Philippines Ewa Zaobidna, Żółtowska K, Elżbieta Łopieńska-Biernat (PL): The Effect of Selected Micro RNA on the Change of Genes Expression of the Pathway Toll of Apis mellifera carnica Infested With Varroa Destructor Natalia Kuśmierek, Jacek Stefaniak, Grzegorz Skórzewski, Karel Janko, Jan Kotusz, Marcin Popiołek (PL): Do the Two Loaches of Genus Cobitis (Cobitidae, Teleostei) and their Hybrids Share the Same Helminths Fauna in the Hybrid Zone? Diána Sándor, Kálmán Molnár, Adam Varga, Csaba Székely, Gábor Cech (HU): Monitoring Potentially Zoonotic Metacercariae of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Four Hungarian Aquacultures Gábor Cech, Diána Sándor, Kálmán Molnár, Csaba Székely (HU): Experimental and Molecular Studies on Metagonimus Infection of Cyprinid Fishes Occurring in the River Danube Viliam Šnábel, Gerald Umhang, Stefano D´Amelio, Serena Cavallero, Daniela Antolová (SK): G1 and G3 Genotypes of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto – Geographical and Host Distributions, Cyst Fertilities and Anatomic Locations Viliam Šnábel, Stefan Octavian Georgescu, Ruslan Sałamatin, Tatiana Kuzmina, Crenguta Calma, Zuzana Vasilková, Serena Cavallero, Stefano D´Amelio (SK): Genetic Survey of Causative Agents of Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcoses in Central-Eastern Europe Wiktor Kuśmirek, Robert Nowak, Małgorzata Rydzanicz, Rafał Płoski, Rusłan Sałamatin, Agnieszka Sobczyk- Kopcioł, Daniel Młocicki (PL): Hybrid de novo Assembly of the Model Tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta Genome Rusłan Sałamatin, Małgorzata Rydzanicz, Robert Nowak, Wiktor Kuśmirek, Agnieszka Sobczyk-Kopcioł, Rafał Płosk, Daniel Młocicki (PL): Mitochondrial Genomics of the Tapeworms Hymenolepis hibernia Peter Šalamún, Vladimíra Hanzelová, Dana Miklisová, Ingrid Papajová, Júlia Bystrianská (SK): Nematode Responses Towards Environmental Stress – Is Relationship the Key? Marek Renčo, Andrea Čerevková, Erika Gömöryová, Gabriela Barančíková, Erika Tobiašová (SK): Environmental Factors Affecting the Soil Nematode Community and Microbial Biomass Marek Renčo, Andrea Čerevková, Erika Gömöryová (SK): Changes in Nematodes and Microbial Communities in Beech Forest after Windstorm 1 ”Omics” of monogeneans Jiří Vorel1, Jana Ilgová1, Pavel Roudnický1, Libor Mikeš2, Hana Dvořáková2, Lucie Jedličková2, Dáša Jirsová1, Hynek Strnad3, Roman Leontovyč2, Ewa Dzika4, Božena Koubková1, Lukáš Vetešník5, David Potěšil6, Zbyněk Zdráhal6,7, Marie Jankůjová7, Jan Oppelt7, Pavel Jurajda5, Milan Gelnar1, Martin Kašný1,2 1Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 2Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 3Genomics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic 4Faculty of Medical Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland 5Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic 6CEITEC – Proteomics Core Facility, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 7National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic The representatives of the group Monogenea are primarily ectoparasitic worms infecting the (semi-)aquatic vertebrates, predominantly fi shes. Members of this group are not of direct human health concern, but a number of species are known to cause huge economic losses in the aquaculture- and fi shing industries, e.g. the “salmon killer” Gyrodactylus salaris, in Norwegian economy ca 50 mil. US$/year. During last decade the number of fl atworms, such as trematodes and cestodes, sampled at a proteome, transcriptome and genome level signifi cantly increased. In contrast, the Monogenea are currently represented by only one published draft genome for G. salaris, one transcriptome dataset for Neobenedenia melleni and for one species from the list of the “50 Helminth genome project initiative”, Protopolystoma xenopodis the draft genome is available. In reaction to this situation we use the experimental organisms - Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Diplozoidae, Heteronchoinea); a blood-feeding monogenean inhabiting gills of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and applied the high throughput sequencing methodology (454/ Roche, MiSeq/HiSeq) enabled us to yield robust trancriptomic/genomic data and comprehensive mass spectrometry analysis (Orbitrap-Elite MS System) of excretory-secretory products isolated from the adult worms. To elucidate the key genes/proteins of E. nipponicum biology the bioinformatic pipelines were adopted, the corresponding sequences assembled and annotated. The selected functional protein molecules have been molecularly/biochemically/ immunochemically characterized. The research was fi nancially supported by the Masaryk University, Brno (MUNI/A/1362/2016), CEITEC project (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068), Czech Science Foundation (GBP505/12/G112), the Charles University (PRVOUK P41, UNCE 204017 and SVV 260432/2017) and European Regional Development Fund (CZ.1·05/1·1·00/02·0068). Genetic structure of the population of Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) Luhe, 1909 (Digenea, Echinostomatinae)
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