Acta Vet. Brno 2020, 89: 69-78

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202089010069

Trypanosomes in Eastern and Central European bats

Petr Linhart1, Hana Banďouchová1, Jan Zukal2,3, Jan Votypka4,5, Tomasz Kokurewicz6, Heliana Dundarova7, Grzegorz Apoznanski6, Tomáš Heger1, Aneta Kubíčková1, Monika Němcová1, Vladimír Piaček1, Jana Sedláčková1, Veronika Seidlová1, Hana Berkova2, Vladimír Hanzal8, Jiří Pikula1

1University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, Department of Ecology and Diseases of Zoo Animals, Game, Fish and Bees, Brno, Czech Republic
2Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
3Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Brno, Czech Republic
4Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Prague, Czech Republic
5Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
6Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Animal Science, Institute of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Paleontology, Wrocław, Poland
7Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Sofia, Bulgaria
8Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

Received October 28, 2019
Accepted January 28, 2020

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