Publications

Paskerova G.G., Miroliubova T.S., Valigurová A., Janouškovec J., Kováčiková M., Diakin A., Sokolova Y.Y., Mikhailov K.V., Aleoshin V.V., Simdyanov T.G. (2021): Evidence from the resurrected family Polyrhabdinidae Kamm, 1922 (Apicomplexa: Gregarinomorpha) supports the epimerite, an attachment organelle, as a major eugregarine innovation. PeerJ 9: e11912. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11912

Valigurová A., Florent I. (2021): Nutrient acquisition and attachment strategies in basal lineages: A tough nut to crack in the evolutionary puzzle of Apicomplexa. Microorganisms 9(7): 1430. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071430

Valigurová A., Vaškovicová N., Gelnar M., Kováčiková M., Hodová I. (2021): Eudiplozoon nipponicum: morphofunctional adaptations of diplozoid monogeneans for confronting their host. BMC Zool. 6: 23. doi.org/10.1186/s40850-021-00087-5

Kolářová I., Valigurová A. (2021): Hide-and-seek: A game played between parasitic protists and their hosts. Microorganisms 9 (12):  2434. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122434 

Kováčiková M., Paskerova G.G., Diakin A., Simdyanov T.G., Vaškovicová N., Valigurová A. (2019): Motility and cytoskeletal organisation in the archigregarine Selenidium pygospionis (Apicomplexa): observations on native and experimentally affected parasites. Parasitology Research 118(9): 2651-2667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06381-z

Garajová M., Mrva M., Vaškovicová N., Martinka M., Melicherová J., Valigurová A. (2019): Cellulose fibrils formation and organisation of cytoskeleton during encystment are essential for Acanthamoeba cyst wall architecture. Scientific Reports 9: 4466. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41084-6

Hodová I., Sonnek R., Gelnar M., Valigurová A. (2018): Architecture of Paradiplozoon homoion: A diplozoid monogenean exhibiting highly-developed equipment for ectoparasitism. PLOS ONE 13(2): e0192285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192285

Melicherová J., Hofmannová L., Valigurová A. (2018): Response of cell lines to actual and simulated inoculation with Cryptosporidium proliferans. European Journal of Protistology 62: 101-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2017.12.003

Simdyanov T.G., Paskerova G.G., Valigurová A., Diakin A., Kováčiková M., Schrével J., Guillou L., Dobrovolskij, A.A., Aleoshin V.V. (2018): First ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic evidence from the blastogregarines, an early branching lineage of plesiomorphic Apicomplexa. Protist 169(5): 697-726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2018.04.006

Valigurová A., Pecková R., Doležal K., Sak B., Květoňová D., Kváč M., Nurcahyo W., Foitová I. (2018): Limitations in the screening of potentially anti-cryptosporidial agents using laboratory rodents with gastric cryptosporidiosis. Folia Parasitologica 65: 010. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2018.010

Paskerova G. G., Miroliubova T. S., Diakin A., Kováčiková M., Valigurová A., Guillou L., Aleoshin V. V., Simdyanov T. G. (2018): Fine structure and molecular phylogenetic position of two marine gregarines, Selenidium pygospionis sp. n. and S. pherusae sp. n., with notes on the phylogeny of Archigregarinida (Apicomplexa). Protist 169(6): 826-852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2018.06.004

Kováčiková M., Vaškovicová N., Nebesářová J., Valigurová A. (2018): Effect of jasplakinolide and cytochalasin D on cortical elements involved in the gliding motility of the eugregarine Gregarina garnhami (Apicomplexa). European Journal of Protistology 66: 97-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2018.08.006

Valigurová A., Vaškovicová N., Diakin A., Paskerova G.G., Simdyanov T.G., Kováčiková M. (2017): Motility in blastogregarines (Apicomplexa): Native and drug-induced organisation of Siedleckia nematoides cytoskeletal elements. PLOS ONE 12(6): e0179709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179709

Kováčiková M., Simdyanov T.G., Diakin A., Valigurová A. (2017): Structures related to attachment and motility in the marine eugregarine Cephaloidophora cf. communis (Apicomplexa). European Journal of Protistology 59: 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2017.02.006

Diakin A., Wakeman K.C., Valigurová A. (2017): Description of Ganymedes yurii sp. n. (Ganymedidae), a new gregarine species from the Antarctic amphipod Gondogeneia sp. (Crustacea). The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64(1):56-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12336

Schrével J., Valigurová A., Prensier G., Chambouvet A., Florent I., Guillou L. (2016): Ultrastructure of Selenidium pendula, the type species of archigregarines, and phylogenetic relations to other marine Apicomplexa. Protist 167: 339-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2016.06.001

Diakin A., Paskerova G.G., Simdyanov T.G., Aleoshin V.V., Valigurová A. (2016): Morphology and molecular phylogeny of coelomic gregarines (Apicomplexa) with different types of motility: Urospora ovalis and U. travisiae from the polychaete Travisia forbesii. Protist 167: 279-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2016.05.001

Chambouvet A., Valigurová A., Pinheiro L.M., Richards T.A., Jirků M. (2016): Nematopsis temporariae (Gregarinasina, Apicomplexa, Alveolata) is an intracellular infectious agent of tadpole livers. Environmental Microbiology Reports 8(5): 675-679. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12421

Melicherová J., Mazourová V., Valigurová A. (2016): In vitro excystation of Cryptosporidium muris oocysts and viability of released sporozoites in different incubation media. Parasitology Research 115(3): 1113-1121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4841-0

Valigurová A., Paskerova G.G., Diakin A., Kováčiková M., Simdyanov T.G. (2015): Protococcidian Eleutheroschizon duboscqi, an unusual apicomplexan interconnecting gregarines and cryptosporidia. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0125063. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125063

2010 - 2014

Melicherová J., Ilgová J., Kváč M., Sak B., Koudela B., Valigurová A. (2014): Life cycle of Cryptosporidium muris in two rodents with different responses to parasitization. Parasitology 141: 287-303. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182013001637

Valigurová A., Michalková V., Koník P., Dindo M.L., Gelnar M., Vaňhara J. (2014): Penetration and encapsulation of larval endoparasitoid, Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the factitious host Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 104 (2): 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007485313000655

Valigurová A., Vaškovicová N., Musilová N., Schrével J. (2013): The enigma of eugregarine epicytic folds: Where gliding motility originates? Frontiers in Zoology 10:57. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-57

Valigurová A. (2012): Sophisticated adaptations of Gregarina cuneata (Apicomplexa) feeding stages for epicellular parasitism. PloS ONE 7(8): e42606. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042606

Valigurová A., Hodová I., Sonnek R., Koubková B., Gelnar M. (2011): Eudiplozoon nipponicum in focus: monogenean exhibiting a highly specialized adaptation for ectoparasitic lifestyle. Parasitology Research 108: 383-394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2077-6

Hodová I., Sonnek R., Valigurová A. (2011): Body architecture of the parasitic worm: Visualization of muscular structures by LM, SEM and CLSM. G.I.T. Imaging & Microscopy 2/2011: 46-48.  www.imaging-git.com/science/light-microscopy/body-architecture-parasitic-worm

2005 - 2009

Valigurová A., Michalková V., Koudela B. (2009): Eugregarine trophozoite detachment from the host epithelium via epimerite retraction: Fiction or fact? International Journal for Parasitology 39: 1235-1242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.009

Michalková V., Valigurová A., Dindo M.L., Vaňhara J. (2009): Larval morphology and anatomy of the parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae), with an emphasis on cephalopharyngeal skeleton and digestive tract. Journal of Parasitology 95: 544-554. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1673.1

Valigurová A., Koudela B. (2008): Morphological analysis of the cellular interactions between the eugregarine Gregarina garnhami (Apicomplexa) and the epithelium of its host, the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. European Journal of Protistology 44: 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2007.11.006

Valigurová A., Jirků M., Koudela B., Gelnar M., Modrý D., Šlapeta J. (2008): Cryptosporidia: epicellular parasites embraced by the host cell membrane. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 913-922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.11.003

Jirků M., Valigurová A., Koudela B., Křížek J., Modrý D., Šlapeta J. (2008): New species of Cryptosporidium Tyzzer, 1907 (Apicomplexa) from amphibian host: morphology, biology and phylogeny. Folia Parasitologica 55: 81-94. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2008.011

Valigurová A., Hofmannová L., Koudela B., Vávra J. (2007): An ultrastructural comparison of the attachment sites between Gregarina steini and Cryptosporidium muris. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54: 495-510. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00291.x

Valigurová A., Koudela B. (2006): Ultrastructural study of developmental stages of Mattesia dispora (Neogregarinorida: Lipotrophidae), a parasite of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera). European Journal of Protistology 42: 313-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2006.07.007

Valigurová A., Koudela B. (2005): Fine structure of trophozoites of the gregarine Leidyana ephestiae (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida) parasitic in Ephestia kuehniella larvae (Lepidoptera). European Journal of Protistology 41: 209-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2005.05.005

2000 - 2004

Valigurová A. (2003): First records of gregarines (Gregarina, Apicomplexa) from Slovakia. Biologia 58: 895-896

Valigurová A., Matis D. (2001): The records of gregarines (Eugregarinida, Apicomplexa) in myriapods (Myriapoda) in Slovakia. Folia faunistica Slovaca 6: 1-8 https://www.ffs.sk/pdf/FFS-06-01-Valigurova-Matis-2001.pdf

Matis D., Valigurová A. (2000): Gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinida) of some invertebrates of Slovakia. Folia faunistica Slovaca 5: 11-22 https://www.ffs.sk/pdf/FFS-05-02-Matis-Valigurova-2000.pdf