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  West Nile Virus in Poland, what do we need to know about this infectious agent in 2025 — latest data 

  Niczyporuk, Samanta Jowita; Kozdruń, Wojciech; Grabarczyk, Piotr (2026)

  West Nile virus (WNV) belongs to Flaviviridae family, genus Orthoflavivirus, species Orthoflavivirus nilense, and responsible for dangerous zoonosis, West Nile Fever (WNF). It is the most widespread arbovirus in the ...
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  Fatal poisoning of Old Polish ducks with Amanita muscaria 

  Stępień-Pyśniak, Dagmara; Tutaj, Krzysztof; Niczyporuk, Jowita S.; Sell, Bartosz; Marek, Agnieszka; Piekarska, Karolina; Ognik, Katarzyna (Springer Nature, 2026)

  Background: Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) is a poisonous mushroom containing ibotenic acid (IBA) and muscimol (MUS), two neuroactive alkaloids capable of causing severe or fatal intoxication. While human poisoning is well ...
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  Zoonotic Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato genotypes G6 and G7: new insights from the global mitogenome analysis 

  Biedermann, Anti; Laurimäe, Teivi; Anijalg, Liina; Kamenetzky, Laura; Soriano, Silvia V.; Pierangeli, Nora; Lazzarini, Lorena E.; Umhang, Gérald; Bold, Bolor; Bayasgalan, Chimedtseren; Karamon, Jacek; Samorek-Pieróg, Małgorzata; Simsek, Sami; Celik, Figen; Harandi, Majid F.; Nasibi, Saeid; Mehmood, Naunain; Chihai, Oleg; Casulli, Adriano; Saarma, Urmas (Elsevier, 2026)

  Cystic echinococcosis is a severe zoonotic disease caused by different species and genotypes belonging to the Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.) complex. Among these, genotypes G6 and G7 are the second most common ...
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  Golden jackals as hosts of zoonotic parasites: preliminary findings from southern Poland 

  Bojarska, Katarzyna; Kondratek, Katarzyna; Leszczyńska, Aleksandra; Sionek, Karolina; Hatlauf, Jennifer; Karamon, Jacek; Samorek-Pieróg, Małgorzata; Okarma, Henryk; Śnieżko, Stanisław; Didkowska, Anna; Orłowska, Blanka; Pyziel, Anna M. (National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy, 2026)

  Introduction: The golden jackal, Canis aureus, has been rapidly expanding its range across Europe, raising concerns regarding its impact on the health of wildlife, domestic animals and humans. The goal of this study was ...
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  Euro-Asian hybrids of Echinococcus multilocularis from red foxes in northern and northeastern Poland result from secondary contact between long-isolated populations 

  Gładysz, Paweł; Bielińska-Wąż, Dorota; Wąż, Piotr; Samorek-Pieróg, Małgorzata; Karamon, Jacek; Lass, Anna (2026)

  We investigated the mitochondrial genetic diversity of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes from northern and northeastern Poland, and tested the hypothesis that the presence of Asian haplotypes in Poland stems from ...

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