• Hepatospora eriocheir infection affects the fitness of adult Chinese mitten crabs in their non-native range 

  Keirsebelik, Heleen; Ewers, Christine; Opinion, April Grace; Stachnik, Magdalena; Normant-Saremba, Monika; Poma, Giulia; Bosschaerts, Stijn; De Boeck, Gudrun; Schoelynck, Jonas (Elsevier, 2026)

  For many invasive crustaceans, including the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), the prevalence and impact of parasites in their introduced range remain largely unexplored. The microsporidium Hepatospora eriocheir ...
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  Conserved Hepatospora eriocheir Sequences in Chinese Mitten Crabs from Poland, Germany and Belgium: A Comparative Molecular Study 

  Stachnik, Magdalena; Normant-Saremba, Monika; Ewers, Christine; Keirsebelik, Heleen; Schoelynck, Jonas (MDPI, 2026)

  Hepatospora eriocheir is an obligate intracellular microsporidian associated with the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, an important aquaculture species in Asia and an invasive species in Europe. We investigated ...
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  A Tailored Sequencing Approach for Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Challenging Samples from Mink 

  Giza, Aleksandra; Iwan, Ewelina; Bomba, Arkadiusz; Orłowska, Anna; Smreczak, Marcin; Pietruk, Marta; Chudzik, Aleksandra; Olejnik, Małgorzata; Domańska-Blicharz, Katarzyna (MDPI, 2026)

  High-throughput sequencing (HTS) is an essential tool for genomic surveillance of in- fectious agents, including SARS-CoV-2 in farmed mink. However, sample quality varies, hindering high-quality sequencing results. In ...
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  Current trends in drug resistance of pathogens isolated from poultry and the use of commercial phage preparations to control infections 

  Urban-Chmiel, Renata; Dec, Marta; Marek, Agnieszka; Stepień-Pyśniak, Dagmara; Nowaczek, Anna; Herman-Ostrzyżek, Klaudia; Zając, Magdalena; Pyzik, Ewelina (National Research Institute of Animal Production, 2026)

  Food safety in poultry products is crucial due to the potential presence of various pathogens causing foodborne diseases. The microbes most commonly isolated from poultry include Salmonella spp., Campylobacter jejuni, ...
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  Serological evidence of exposure to EBHSV and RHDV2 in brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pall. 1778) in Poland: Insights into lagovirus-host interaction and population dynamics 

  Flis, Marian; Łazowski, Krzysztof; Czyżowski, Piotr; Hukowska-Szematowicz, Beata; Brodalka, Natalia; Fitzner, Andrzej (MDPI, 2026)

  The long-term decline in European hare populations across Europe is linked to both environmental and anthropogenic factors. Among the factors influencing the population dynamics of lagomorphs, lagoviruses play a significant ...

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