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1) Name, title, institute, contact details (phone, fax, email)
Petr Volf
Professor of Parasitology, RNDr., CSc.
Charles University in Prague
Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology
Vinicna 7, Prague 2, 128 44 Czech Republic
Phone: ++4202 2195 1815
Mobile : ++4207 2584 0969
Fax: ++4202 2491 9704
Email: volf@cesnet.cz
2) Titles of ongoing research projects (including information on funding agency and collaborators)
Integrated control of visceral leishmaniases in Ethiopean kala-azar foci. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Health Grant No. OPPGH5336 (2009-2014): PI and coordinator of the project Alon Warburg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, co-PI at Charles University: P. Volf, co-PI at Addis Ababa University: Asrat Hailu
EDENEXT: Biology and Control of Vector-borne Infections in Europe. EU grant FP7-2011-261504 (2011-2014): coordinator of the project and 49 partners: R. Lancelot, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, subcoordinator of nine PhBD teams: P. Volf,
Phlebotomus orientalis: salivary proteins and the host antibody response. Czech Science Foundation GACR 13-05292S (2013-2016) PI: P. Volf
3) 5 main publications over the past years (including book chapters, reviews)
Dostalova A, Volf P Leishmania development in sand flies: parasite-vector interactions overview. PARASITES & VECTORS, 2012, 5: article number 276. (a review)
Vlkova M., Rohousova I., Drahota J., Stanneck D., Kruedenwagen E.M., Mencke N., Otranto D., Volf P. Canine antibody response to Phlebotomus perniciosus bites negatively correlates with the risk of Leishmania infantum transmission. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011, 5: e1344.
Maia C., Seblova V., Sadlova J., Votypka J., Volf P. Experimental transmission of Leishmania infantum by two major vectors: a comparison between a viscerotropic and a dermotropic strain. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011, 5: e1181.
Sadlova J., Yeo M., Seblova V., Lewis M.D., Mauricio I., Volf P., Miles M.A. Visualisation of Leishmania donovani fluorescent hybrids during early stage development in the sand fly vector. PloS ONE,2011, 6: e19851.
Svobodova M., Alten B., Zidkova L., Dvorak V., Hlavackova J., Myskova J., Seblova V., Kasap OE., Belen A., Votypka J., Volf P. Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum transmitted by Phlebotomus tobbi. International Journal for Parasitology, 2009, 39: 251-253.
In total: one Czech book and 108 scientific publications in international journals, books and proceedings, 102 of them in journals with IF: 98 original articles and 4 reviews . Citations on WoS: more than 1550. SCI H-index = 22
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