prof. RNDr. Tomáš Scholz, CSc.

Position 1 Job Position: Head of Laboratory - Laboratory of Helminthology
Department: Evolutionary Parasitology
Workplace: Institute of Parasitology

Position 2 Job Position: Editor-in-Chief
Department: Folia Parasitologica
Workplace: Institute of Parasitology

Position 3 Job Position: Vice-chairman
Department: BC Board
Workplace: Biology Centre CAS

Contact details Phone: +420 387775431
E-mail: tscholz@paru.cas.cz
Room: 207

Others Description:

Research interests

Helminth parasites of fish
Taxonomy and biology (life cycles) of fish tapeworms (Cestoda)
Taxonomy and biology of trematodes (Digenea)
Helminths parasitizing fish in the Neotropics
Fish-borne human parasitoses (small fluke intestinal infections)

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Folia Parasitologica

CV: Education (degrees, dates, universities) MSc 1984 Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (systematic zoology and ecology) PhD 1989 Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (parasitology) Associate Prof. 1999 Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (parasitology) Professor 2003 Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (parasitology) Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates) Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice PhD student 1985-1988 Research Assistant 1988-1989 Research Scientist 1989-1998 Senior Scientist 1999-until now Director 2002-until now Centre for Investigation and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnical Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico Visiting Professor 1993-1994 1998-1999 (catedra patrimonial) Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice Assistant Professor 1995-1999 Associate Professor 1999-2003 Professor 2003-until now Specialization (specify) (i) main field Parasitology: helminthology – systematics, biology and phylogeny of helminth parasites of fish (ii) other fields: Fish-borne helminthoses; diversity of fish helminth in the Neotropics (iii) current research interest: Systematics and phylogeny of fish cestodes and trematodes Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies Medal of the Slovak Society for Parasitology (2003)

Teaching Biology of helminths
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia

Field parasitology
Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia

Total found: 356 records
Brabec J., Rochat E.C., Knudsen R., Scholz T., Blasco-Costa I. (2023) Mining various genomic resources to resolve old alpha-taxonomy questions: a test of the species hypothesis of the Proteocephalus longicollis species complex (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes) from salmonid fishes (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes). International Journal for Parasitology 53: 197–205. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.12.005
Nazarizadeh M., Nováková M., Loot G., Gabagambi N., Fatemizahed F., Osano O., Presswell B., Poulin R., Vitál Z., Scholz T., Halajian A., Trucchi E., Kočová P., Štefka J. (2023) Historical dispersal and host-switching formed the evolutionary history of a globally distributed multi-host parasite – The Ligula intestinalis species complex Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 180: 107677. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107677
Scholz T., de Chambrier A., Kudlai O., Tkach V., McAllister C.T. (2023) A global survey of tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of ‘true’ frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae), including a tabulated list of all proteocephalids parasitising amphibians Folia Parasitologica 70: 9. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2023.009
Choudhury A., Scholz T., Beuchel J.S. (2022) A new species of Bothriocephalus (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) from Lepomis spp. (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae) in North America Journal of Parasitology 108: 343–352. DOI: 10.1645/21-70
Diard L., de Chambrier A., Waeschenbach A., Scholz T. (2022) A new tapeworm from Compsophis infralineatus (Pseudoxyrhophiidae), an endemic snake of Madagascar: Scratching the surface of undiscovered reptilian parasite diversity Parasitology International 88: 102538. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102538
Gustinelli A., Caffara M., Scaravelli D., Fioravanti M., Scholz T. (2022) The first new species of European Ascocotyle Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) described in more than half a century International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 17: 327–334. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.10.003
Mendoza Palmero C. A., Acosta A.A., Scholz T. (2022) Molecular phylogeny of Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), gill parasites of Neotropical catfishes (Siluriformes) Journal of Helminthology 96: e56. DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X2200044X
Sayyaf Dezfuli B., Scholz T. (2022) Fish parasites (special issue). Parasitology 149: 1811–1814. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182022001433
Scholz T., Biswas R., Patra B.K., Ash A. (2022) A new genus of caryophyllidean tapeworms (Cestoda) from Mystus catfishes (Bagridae) in India: cleaning up taxonomic chaos. Journal of Helminthology 96: e25. DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X22000189
Scholz T., Choudhury A., McAllister C.T. (2022) A young parasite in an old fish host: a new genus for proteocephalid tapeworms (Cestoda) of bowfin (Amia calva) (Holostei: Amiiformes) in North America, and a revised list of its cestodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 18: 101–111. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.04.002
Scholz T., Kuchta R. (2022) Fish tapeworms (Cestoda) in the molecular era: achievements, gaps & prospects Parasitology 149: 1876–1893. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182022001202
Soldánová M., Born-Torrijos A., Kristoffersen R., Knudsen R., Amundsen P.-A., Scholz T. (2022) Cercariae of a bird schistosome follow a similar emergence pattern under different subarctic conditions: first experimental study Pathogens 11: 647. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11060647
Soldánová M., Kundid P., Scholz T., Kristoffersen R., Knudsen R. (2022) Somatic Dimorphism in Cercariae of a Bird Schistosome Pathogens 11: 290. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11030290
Uhrovič D., Oros M., Kudlai O., Kuchta R., Scholz T. (2022) Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea): diversity of enigmatic fish tapeworms with monoxenic life cycles Parasite 29: 6. DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2022002
Alves P., de Chambrier A., Luque J., Scholz T. (2021) Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden cestode diversity in Pimelodus catfishes in the Neotropics Zoologica Scripta 50: 210–224. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12465
Alves P., de Chambrier A., Luque J., Takemoto R.M., Tavares L., Scholz T. (2021) New arrangement of three genera of fish tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) in catfishes (Siluriformes) from the Neotropical Region: taxonomic implications of molecular phylogenetic analyses Parasitology Research 120: 1593–1603. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07138-3
Alves P., de Chambrier A., Scholz T. (2021) Description of the first species ofPseudoendorchis(Cestoda:Proteocephalidae) with uniloculate suckersfrom the pimelodid catfishMegalonema platycephalum,with comments on the taxonomic importance of the terminalvagina Systematic Parasitol 98: 535–545. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-021-09994-0
Barčák D., Fan C.K., Sonko P., Kuchta R., Scholz T., Orosová M., Chen H.-W., Oros M. (2021) Hidden diversity of the most basal tapeworms (Cestoda, Gyrocotylidea), the enigmatic parasites of holocephalans (Chimaeriformes) Scientific Reports volume 11: 5492 . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84613-y
Biswas R., Oros M., Barčák D., Scholz T., Ash A. (2021) Crossing barriers of zoogeographical regions: Molecular evidence of vicariance of the only cestode parasite of loaches (Cobitidae) in the Indomalayan region, Paracaryophyllaeus lepidocephali (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), and its redescription Parasitology International 83: 102309. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102309
de Chambrier A., Alves P., Schuster R.K., Scholz T. (2021) Ophiotaenia echidis n. sp. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from the saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus sochureki Stemmler (Ophidia: Viperidae), one of the world’s deadliest snakes, from the United Arab Emirates International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 14: 341–354. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.03.006