Mgr. Klára Petrželková Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction primatology

+420 543 422 549

Running Projects

Role of bacteriophages in the shaping of primate gut microbiome (2024–2026)
Gastrointestinal symbiont communities of great apes: bioindicators for tropical ecosystem health (2022–2024)

Finished projects

The impact of diet and the gut microbiome on risk of cardiometabolic diseases in western lowland gorillas (2019–2022)
Epidemiology and pathological effects of gastrointestinal helminthiases in critically endangered mountain gorillas (2018–2020)
Morphological and molecular identification of parasitic nematodes in non-human primates: strengthening the connection between traditional and modern approaches (2019–2020)
Genetic diversity and cross-transmissions of strongylid nematodes between African great apes and man (2015–2018)
Impact of increased contact with humans on diversity and ecology of protozoan parasites of African great apes (2009–2011)
Gastrointestinal ciliates and their role in digestion of great apes (2008–2009)
Ciliates of genus Troglodytella: pathogens or endosymbionts? Novel approach towards veterinary care and understanding digestion in apes (2006–2008)
Feeding behaviour, parasite infections and self-medicative abilities of an introduced chimpanzee population, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania (2006–2008)
The possible roles of ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in chimpanzee hind gut fermentation (2006–2007)
Feeding behavior and possible medicinal plant use in a chimpanzee population in Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania (2003–2004)

Publications

2024

Červená B, Prokopová T, Cameira RM, Pafčo B, Samaš P, Romportl D, Uwamahoro C, Noheri JB, Ntwari AE, Bahizi M, Nzayisenga G, Nziza J, Gilardi K, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Mudakikwa A, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Cranfield M, Šlapeta J, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2024). Anoplocephalid tapeworms in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) inhabiting the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Parasitology, 151: 135-150.
Mason B, Červená B, Frias L, Goossens B, Hasegawa H, Keuk K, Langgeng A, Majewski K, Matsumoto T, Matsuura K, Mendonça R, Okamoto M, Peter S, Petrželková KJ, Sipangkui S, Xu Z, Pafčo B, MacIntosh AJJ (2024). Novel insight into the genetic diversity of strongylid nematodes infecting South-East and East Asian primates. Parasitology, 151: 514-522.
Nosková E, Sambucci KM, Petrželková KJ, Červená B, Modrý D, Pafčo B (2024). Strongyloides in non-human primates: significance for public health control. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 379: 20230006.
Šejnohová A, Koutenská M, Jirků M, Brožová K, Pavlíčková Z, Kadlecová O, Cinek O, Maloney JG, Santín M, Petrželková KJ, Jirků K (2024). A cross-sectional survey of Blastocystis sp. and Dientamoeba fragilis in non-human primates and their caregivers in Czech zoos. One Health, 19:1210 100862.

2023

Brožová K, Jirků M, Lhotská Z, Květoňová D, Kadlecová O, Stensvold C, Samaš P, Petrželková KJ, Jirků K (2023). The opportunistic protist, Giardia intestinalis, occurs in gut-healthy humans in a high-income country. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 12: 2270077.
Ilík V, Kreisinger J, Modrý D, Schwarz EM, Tagg N, Mbohli D, Nkombou IC, Petrželková KJ, Pafčo B (2023). High diversity and sharing of strongylid nematodes in humans and great apes cohabiting an unprotected area in Cameroon. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17: e0011499.
Nosková E, Modrý D, Baláž V, Červená B, Jirků-Pomajbíková K, Zechmeisterová K, Leowski C, Petrželková KJ, Pšenková I, Vodička R, Kessler SE, Ngoubangoye B, Setchell JM, Pafčo B (2023). Identification of potentially zoonotic parasites in captive orangutans and semi-captive mandrills: Phylogeny and morphological comparison. American Journal of Primatology, 85: e23475.

2022

Jirků M, Kašparová A, Lhotská Z, Oborník M, Brožová K, Petrželková KJ, Samaš P, Kadlecová O, Stensvold C, Jirků K (2022). A cross-sectional study on the occurrence of the intestinal protist, Dientamoeba fragilis, in the gut-healthy volunteers and their animals. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, z(t001)056595612001 15407.
Mason B, Piel AK, Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Stewart FA, Pafčo B (2022). Association of human disturbance and gastrointestinal parasite infection of yellow baboons in western Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 17: e0262481.
Mason B, Petrželková KJ, Kreisinger J, Bohm T, Červená B, Fairet E, Fuh T, Gomez A, Knauf S, Maloueki U, Modrý D, Shirley M, Tagg N, Wangue N, Pafčo B (2022). Gastrointestinal symbiont diversity in wild gorilla: A comparison of bacterial and strongylid communities across multiple localities. Molecular Ecology, 31: 4127-4145.
Petrželková KJ, Samaš P, Romportl D, Uwamahoro C, Červená B, Pafčo B, Prokopová T, Cameira R, Granjon AC, Shapiro A, Bahizi M, Nziza J, Noheri JB, Syaluha EK, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Šlapeta J, Modrý D, Gilardi K, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mudakikwa A, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Hickey JR, Cranfield M (2022). Ecological drivers of helminth infection patterns in the Virunga Massif mountain gorilla population. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 17: 174-184.
Sharma AK, Davison S, Pafčo B, Clayton JB, Rothman JM, McLennan MR, Cibot M, Fuh T, Vodička R, Robinson CJ, Petrželková KJ, Gomez A (2022). The primate gut mycobiome-bacteriome interface is impacted by environmental and subsistence factors. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8: 12.
Schulz D, Pšenková-Profousová I, Červená B, Procter M, Neba TF, Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Qablan MA (2022). Occurrence and diversity of anaerobic gut fungi in wild forest elephants and buffaloes inhabiting two separated forest ecosystems in Central West Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 71: 21033.
Šloufová M, Lhotská Z, Jirků M, Petrželková KJ, Stensvold C, Cinek O, Jirků-Pomajbíková K (2022). Comparison of molecular diagnostic approaches for the detection and differentiation of the intestinal protist Blastocystis sp. in humans. Parasite, 29: 30.

2021

Cibot M, McLennan MR, Kváč M, Sak B, Asiimwe C, Petrželková KJ (2021). Sparse evidence for Giardia intestinalis, Cryptosporidium spp. and microsporidia infections in humans, domesticated animals and wild nonhuman primates sharing a farm-forest mosaic landscape in Western Uganda. Pathogens, 10: 933.
Jirků M, Lhotská Z, Frgelecová L, Kadlecová O, Petrželková KJ, Morien E, Jirků-Pomajbíková K (2021). Helminth interactions with bacteria in the host gut are essential for its immunomodulatory effect. Microorganisms, 9: 226.
Muehlbauer AL, Richards AL, Alazizi A, Burns MB, Gomez A, Clayton JB, Petrželková KJ, Cascardo C, Resztak J, Wen X, Pique-Regi R, Luca F, Blekhman R (2021). Interspecies variation in hominid gut microbiota controls host gene regulation. Cell Reports, 37: 110057.
Petrželková KJ, Uwamahoro C, Pafčo B, Červená B, Samaš P, Mudakikwa A, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Gilardi K, Nziza J, Noheri JB, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Ssebide B, Okwirokello R, Nizeyimana F, Syaluha EK, Nzayisenga G, Flores Girón L, Bahizi M, Ntwari AE, Lukusa JP, Tumushime JC, Mangura D, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Aruho R, Stryková A, Tehlarová Z, Cameira R, Lowenstine L, Šlapeta J, Romportl D, Ferrari N, Cranfield M, Modrý D (2021). Heterogeneity in patterns of helminth infections across populations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Scientific Reports, 11: 10869.
Shutt-Phillips K, Pafčo B, Heistermann M, Kasim A, Petrželková KJ, Profousová-Pšenková I, Modrý D, Todd A, Fuh T, Dicky J, Bopalanzognako J, Setchell JM (2021). Fecal glucocorticoids and gastrointestinal parasite infections in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) involved in ecotourism. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 312: 113859.
Sirima C, Bizet C, Hamou H, Červená B, Lemarcis T, Esteban A, Peeters M, Mpoudi Ngole E, Mombo IM, Liégeois F, Petrželková KJ, Boussinesq M, Locatelli S (2021). Soil-transmitted helminth infections in free-ranging non-human primates from Cameroon and Gabon. Parasites & Vectors, 14: 354.
Votýpka J, Petrželková KJ, Brzoňová J, Jirků M, Modrý D, Lukeš J (2021). How monoxenous trypanosomatids revealed hidden feeding habits of their tsetse fly hosts. Folia Parasitologica, 68: 019.

2020

Petrželková KJ, Smejkalová P, Céza V, Pafčo B, Shutt-Phillips KA, Todd A, Jirků-Pomajbíková K, Benavides J, Modrý D, Čepička I (2020). Sympatric western lowland gorillas, central chimpanzees, and humans are infected with different trichomonads. Parasitology, 147: 225-230.
Sharma AK, Petrželková KJ, Pafčo B, Robinson CAJ, Fuh T, Wilson BA, Stumpf RM, Torralba MG, Blekhman R, White B, Nelson KE, Leigh SR, Gomez A (2020). Traditional human populations and nonhuman primates show parallel gut microbiome adaptations to analogous ecological conditions. mSystems, 5: e00815-20.

2019

Gomez A, Sharma AK, Mallott EK, Petrželková KJ, Robinson CAJ, Yeoman CJ, Carbonero F, Pafčo B, Rothman JM, Ulanov A, Vlčková K, Amato KR, Schnorr SL, Dominy NJ, Modrý D, Todd A, Torralba M, Nelson KE, Burns MB, Blekhman R, Remis M, Stumpf RM, Wilson BA, Gaskins HR, Garber PA, White BA, Leigh SR (2019). Plasticity in the human gut microbiome defies evolutionary constraints. mSphere, 4: e00271-19.
Chuma IS, Roos C, Atickem A, Bohm T, Collins DA, Grillová L, Hallmaier-Wacker LK, Kazwala RR, Keyyu JD, Lüert S, Maloueki U, Oppelt J, Petrželková KJ, Piel A, Stewart FA, Šmajs D, Knauf S (2019). Strain diversity of Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue suggests rare interspecies transmission in African nonhuman primates. Scientific Reports, 9: 14243.
Murthy S, O'Brien K, Agbor A, Angedakin S, Arandjelovic M, Ayimisin EA, Bailey E, Bergl RA, Brazzola G, Dieguez P, Eno-Nku M, Eshuis H, Fruth B, Gillespie TR, Ginath Y, Gray M, Herbinger I, Jones S, Kehoe L, Kühl H, Kujirakwinja D, Lee K, Madinda NF, Mitamba G, Muhindo E, Nishuli R, Ormsby LJ, Petrželková KJ, Plumptre AJ, Robbins MM, Sommer V, Ter Heegde M, Todd A, Tokunda R, Wessling E, Jarvis MA, Leendertz FH, Ehlers B, Calvignac-Spencer S (2019). Cytomegalovirus distribution and evolution in hominines. Virus Evolution, 5:1205 vez015.
Pafčo B, Kreisinger J, Čížková D, Pšenková-Profousová I, Shutt-Phillips K, Todd A, Fuh T, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2019). Genetic diversity of primate strongylid nematodes: Do sympatric nonhuman primates and humans share their strongylid worms?. Molecular Ecology, 28: 4786-4797.
Pafčo B, Sharma AK, Petrželková KJ, Vlčková K, Todd A, Yeoman CJ, Wilson BA, Stumpf R, White BA, Nelson KE, Leigh S, Gomez A (2019). Gut microbiome composition of wild western lowland gorillas is associated with individual age and sex factors. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 169: 575-585.
Sharma AK, Pafčo B, Vlčková K, Červená B, Kreisinger J, Davison S, Beeri K, Fuh T, Leigh SR, Burns MB, Blekhman R, Petrželková KJ, Gomez A (2019). Mapping gastrointestinal gene expression patterns in wild primates and humans via fecal RNA-seq. BMC Genomics, 20: 493.

2018

Burgunder J, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D, Kato A, MacIntosh AJJ (2018). Fractal measures in activity patterns: Do gastrointestinal parasites affect the complexity of sheep behaviour?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 205: 44-53.
Červená B, Hrazdilová K, Vallo P, Pafčo B, Fenyková T, Petrželková KJ, Todd A, Tagg N, Wangue N, Lux Hoppe EG, Duarte Moraes MF, Lapera IM, Souza Pollo A, Albuquerque ACA, Modrý D (2018). Diversity of Mammomonogamus (Nematoda: Syngamidae) in large African herbivores. Parasitology Research, 117: 1013-1024.
D'Amico G, Estrada-Peña A, Kalmár Z, Fuh T, Petrželková KJ, Mihalca AD (2018). Redescription of the adult stages of Ixodes (Afrixodes) rasus Neumann 1899, with notes on its phylogenetic position within the genus Ixodes. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 9: 654-659.
Mapua MI, Fuehrer H, Petrželková KJ, Todd A, Noedl H, Qablan MA, Modrý D (2018). Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans, central African republic. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24: 1581-1583.
Pafčo B, Tehlárová Z, Jirků-Pomajbíková K, Todd A, Hasegawa H, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2018). Gastrointestinal protists and helminths of habituated agile mangabeys (Cercocebus agilis) at Bai Hokou, Central African Republic. American Journal of Primatology, 80: e22736.
Pafčo B, Čížková D, Kreisinger J, Hasegawa H, Vallo P, Shutt K, Todd A, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2018). Metabarcoding analysis of strongylid nematode diversity in two sympatric primate species. Scientific Reports, 8: 5933.
Schulz D, Qablan MA, Profousová-Pšenková I, Vallo P, Fuh T, Modrý D, Piel AK, Stewart F, Petrželková KJ, Fliegerová K (2018). Anaerobic fungi in gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Feces: an adaptation to a high-fiber diet?. International Journal of Primatology, 39: 567-580.
Vlčková K, Shutt-Phillips KA, Heistermann M, Pafčo B, Petrželková KJ, Todd A, Modrý D, Nelson KE, Wilson BA, Stumpf RM, White BA, Leigh SR, Gomez A (2018). Impact of stress on the gut microbiome of free-ranging western lowland gorillas. Microbiology, 164: 40-44.
Vlčková K, Pafčo B, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D, Todd A, Yeoman CJ, Torralba M, Wilson BA, Stumpf RM, White BA, Nelson KE, Leigh SR, Gomez A (2018). Relationships between gastrointestinal parasite infections and the fecal microbiome in free-ranging western lowland gorillas. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9: 1202.
Votýpka J, Pafčo B, Modrý D, Mbohli D, Tagg N, Petrželková KJ (2018). An unexpected diversity of trypanosomatids in fecal samples of great apes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 7: 322-325.

2017

Burgunder J, Pafčo B, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D, Hashimoto C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017). Complexity in behavioural organization and strongylid infection among wild chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour, 129: 257-268.
Červená B, Vallo P, Pafčo B, Jirků K, Jirků M, Petrželková KJ, Todd A, Turkalo AK, Modrý D (2017). Host specificity and basic ecology of Mammomonogamus (Nematoda, Syngamidae) from lowland gorillas and forest elephants in Central African Republic. Parasitology, 144: 1016-1025.
Mapua MI, Pafčo B, Burgunder J, Profousová‑Pšenková I, Todd A, Hashimoto C, Qablan MA, Modrý D, Petrželková KJ (2017). No impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium spp. in faeces of western lowland gorillas and eastern chimpanzees. Malaria Journal, 16: 175.
Pafčo B, Benavides JA, Pšenková-Profousová I, Modrý D, Červená B, Shutt KA, Hasegawa H, Fuh T, Todd AF, Petrželková KJ (2017). Do habituation, host traits and seasonality have an impact on protist and helminth infections of wild western lowland gorillas?. Parasitology Research, 116: 3401-3410.

2016

Červená B, Brant SV, Fairet E, Shirley M, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2016). Schistosoma mansoni in Gabon: Emerging or ignored?. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 95: 849-851.
Gomez A, Petrželková KJ, Burns MB, Yeoman CJ, Amato KR, Vlčková K, Modrý D, Todd A, Robinson CAJ, Remis MJ, Torralba M, Morton E, Umana JD, Carbonero F, Gaskins HR, Nelson K, Wilson BA, Stumpf RM, White BA, Leigh SR, Blekhman R (2016). Gut microbiome of coexisting BaAka pygmies and Bantu reflects gradients of traditional subsistence patterns. Cell Reports, 14: 2142-2153.
Gomez A, Rothman JM, Petrželková KJ, Yeoman CJ, Vlčková K, Umana JD, Carr M, Modrý D, Todd A, Torralba M, Nelson KE, Stumpf RM, Wilson BA, Blekhman R, White BA, Leigh SR (2016). Temporal variation selects for diet–microbe co-metabolic traits in the gut of Gorilla spp. The ISME Journal, 10: 514-526.
Grützmacher KS, Köndgen S, Keil V, Todd A, Feistner A, Herbinger I, Petrželková KJ, Fuh T, Leendertz SA, Calvignac-Spencer S, Leendertz FH (2016). Codetection of respiratory syncytial virus in habituated wild western lowland gorillas and humans during a respiratory disease outbreak. EcoHealth, 13: 499-510.
Hasegawa H, Kalousová B, McLennan MR, Modrý D, Profousová-Pšenková I, Shutt-Phillips KA, Todd A, Huffman MA, Petrželková KJ (2016). Strongyloides infections of humans and great apes in Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic and in degraded forest fragments in Bulindi, Uganda. Parasitology International, 65: 367-370.
Jirků-Pomajbíková K, Čepička I, Kalousová B, Jirků M, Stewart F, Levecke B, Modrý D, Piel AK, Petrželková KJ (2016). Molecular identification of Entamoeba species in savanna woodland chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Parasitology, 143: 741-748.
Kalousová B, Hasegawa H, Petrželková KJ, Sakamaki T, Kooriyma T, Modrý D (2016). Adult hookworms (Necator spp.) collected from researchers working with wild western lowland gorillas. Parasites & Vectors, 9: 75.
Madinda NF, Ehlers B, Wertheim JO, Akoua-Koffi C, Bergl RA, Boesch C, Akonkwa DBM, Eckardt W, Fruth B, Gillespie TR, Gray M, Hohmann G, Karhemere S, Kujirakwinja D, Langergraber K, Muyembe J, Nishuli R, Pauly M, Petrželková KJ, Robbins MM, Todd A, Schubert G, Stoinski TS, Wittig RM, Zuberbühler K, Peeters M, Leendertz FH, Calvignac-Spencer S (2016). Assessing host-virus codivergence for close relatives of Merkel cell polyomavirus infecting African great apes. Journal of Virology, 90: 8531-8541.
Mapua MI, Petrželková KJ, Burgunder J, Dadáková E, Brožová K, Hrazdilová K, Stewart FA, Piel AK, Vallo P, Fuehrer H, Hashimoto C, Modrý D, Qablan MA (2016). A comparative molecular survey of malaria prevalence among Eastern chimpanzee populations in Issa Valley (Tanzania) and Kalinzu (Uganda). Malaria Journal, 15: 423.
Vlčková K, Gomez A, Petrželková KJ, Whittier CA, Todd AF, Yeoman CJ, Nelson KE, Wilson BA, Stumpf RM, Modrý D, White BA, Leigh SR (2016). Effect of Antibiotic Treatment on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome of Free-Ranging Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla). Microbial Ecology, 72: 943-954.

2015

Doležalová J, Oborník M, Hajdušková E, Jirků M, Petrželková KJ, Bolechová P, Cutillas C, Callejon R, Jaroš J, Beránková Z, Modrý D (2015). How many species of whipworms do we share? Whipworms from man and other primates form two phylogenetic lineages. Folia Parasitologica, 62: 063.
Doležalová J, Vallo P, Petrželková KJ, Foitová I, Nurcahyo W, Mudakikwa A, Hashimoto C, Jirků M, Lukeš J, Scholz T, Modrý D (2015). Molecular phylogeny of anoplocephalid tapeworms (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) infecting humans and non-human primates. Parasitology, 142: 1278-1289.
Gomez A, Petrželková KJ, Yeoman CJ, Vlčková K, Koppová I, Carbonero F, Ulanov A, Modrý D, Todd A, Torralba M, Nelson K, Gaskins HR, Wilson B, Stumpf RM, White BA, Leigh SR (2015). Gut microbiome composition and metabolomic profiles of wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) reflect host ecology. Molecular Ecology, 24: 2551-2565.
Hoppe E, Pauly M, Gillespie TR, Akoua-Koffi C, Hohmann G, Fruth B, Karhemere S, Madinda NF, Mugisha L, Muyembe J, Todd A, Petrželková KJ, Gray M, Robbins M, Bergl RA, Wittig RM, Zuberbuehler K, Boesch C, Schubert G, Leendertz FH, Ehlers B, Calvignac-Spencer S (2015). Multiple cross-species transmission events of human adenoviruses (HAdV) during hominine evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32: 2072-2084.
Jirků M, Votýpka J, Petrželková KJ, Jirků-Pomajbíková K, Kriegová E, Vodička R, Lankester F, Leendertz SAJ, Wittig RM, Boesch C, Modrý D, Ayala FJ, Leendertz FH, Lukeš J (2015). Wild chimpanzees are infected by Trypanosoma brucei. International Journal for Parasitology, 4: 277-282.
Mapua MI, Qablan MA, Pomajbíková K, Petrželková KJ, Hůzová Z, Rádrová J, Votýpka J, Todd A, Jirků M, Leendertz FH, Lukeš J, Neel C, Modrý D (2015). Ecology of malaria infections in western lowland gorillas inhabiting Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic. Parasitology, 142: 890-900.
Votýpka J, Rádrová J, Skalický T, Jirků M, Jirsová D, Mihalca AD, D'Amico G, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D, Lukeš J (2015). A tsetse and tabanid fly survey of African great apes habitats reveals the presence of a novel trypanosome lineage but the absence of Trypanosoma brucei. International Journal for Parasitology, 45: 741-748.

2014

Flahou B, Modrý D, Pomajbíková K, Petrželková KJ, Smet A, Ducatelle R, Pasmans F, Sá RM, Todd A, Hashimoto C, Mulama M, Kiang J, Rossi M, Haesebrouck F (2014). Diversity of zoonotic enterohepatic Helicobacter species and detection of a putative novel gastric Helicobacter species in wild and wild-born captive chimpanzees and western lowland gorillas. Veterinary Microbiology, 174: 186-194.
Gallusová M, Qablan MA, D'Amico G, Oborník M, Petrželková KJ, Mihalca AD, Modrý D (2014). Piroplasms in feral and domestic equines in rural areas of the Danube Delta, Romania, with survey of dogs as a possible reservoir. Veterinary Parasitology, 206: 287-292.
Hasegawa H, Modrý D, Kitagawa M, Shutt KA, Todd A, Kalousová B, Profousová I, Petrželková KJ (2014). Humans and great apes cohabiting the forest ecosystem in Central African Republic harbour the same hookworms. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8: e2715.
Janatová M, Albrechtová K, Petrželková KJ, Dolejská M, Papoušek I, Masaříková M, Čížek A, Todd A, Shutt K, Kalousová B, Profousová-Pšenková I, Modrý D, Literák I (2014). Antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from humans and wildlife in Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area, Central African Republic. Veterinary Microbiology, 171: 422-431.
Kalousová B, Piel AK, Pomajbíková K, Modrý D, Stewart FA, Petrželková KJ (2014). Gastrointestinal parasites of savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Ugalla, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 35: 436-475.
Pauly M, Hoppe E, Mugisha L, Petrželková KJ, Akoua-Koffi C, Couacy-Hymann E, Anoh AE, Mossoun A, Schubert G, Wiersma L, Pascale S, Muyembe J, Karhemere S, Weiss S, Leendertz SA, Calvignac-Spencer S, Leendertz FH, Ehlers B (2014). High prevalence and diversity of species D adenoviruses (HAdV-D) in human populations of four Sub-Saharan countries. Virology Journal, 11: 25.
Růžicová M, Petrželková KJ, Kalousová B, Modrý D, Pomajbíková K (2014). Validation of Flotac for the detection and quantification of Troglodytella abrassarti and Neobalantidium coli in chimpanzees and pigs. Journal of Parasitology, 100: 662-670.
Sak B, Petrželková KJ, Květoňová D, Mynářová A, Pomajbíková K, Modrý D, Cranfield MR, Mudakikwa A, Kváč M (2014). Diversity of Microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. PLoS ONE, 9: e109751.
Shutt K, Heistermann M, Kasim A, Kalousová B, Profousová I, Petrželková KJ, Fuh T, Dicky J, Bopalanzognako J, Setchell JM (2014). Effects of habituation, research and ecotourism on faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild western lowland gorillas: Implications for conservation management. Biological Conservation, 172: 72-79.

2013

Brant SV, Pomajbíková K, Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Todd A, Loker ES (2013). Molecular phylogenetics of the elephant schistosome Bivitellobilharzia loxodontae (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from the Central African Republic. Journal of Helminthology, 87: 102-107.
Pomajbíková K, Oborník M, Horák A, Petrželková KJ, Grim JN, Levecke B, Todd A, Mulama M, Kiyang J, Modrý D (2013). Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Balantidium and Balantidium-like cyst-forming Ciliates. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7: e2140.
Qablan MA, Oborník M, Petrželková KJ, Sloboda M, Shudiefat MF, Hořín P, Lukeš J, Modrý D (2013). Infections by Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in Jordanian equids: epidemiology and genetic diversity. Parasitology, 140: 1096-1103.
Sá RM, Petrášová J, Pomajbíková K, Profousová I, Petrželková KJ, Sousa C, Cable J, Bruford MW, Modrý D (2013). Gastrointestinal symbionts of chimpanzees in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau with respect to habitat fragmentation. American Journal of Primatology, 75: 1032-1041.
Sak B, Petrželková KJ, Květoňová D, Mynářová A, Shutt KA, Pomajbíková K, Kalousová B, Modrý D, Benavides J, Todd A, Kváč M (2013). Long-term monitoring of microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at different stages of habituation in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic. PLoS ONE, 8: e71840.
Schovancová K, Pomajbíková K, Procházka P, Modrý D, Bolechová P, Petrželková KJ (2013). Preliminary Insights into the Impact of Dietary Starch on the Ciliate, Neobalantidium coli, in Captive Chimpanzees. PLoS ONE, 8: e81374.

2012

Jirků M, Pomajbíková K, Petrželková KJ, Hůzová Z, Modrý D, Lukeš J (2012). Detection of Plasmodium spp. in Human Feces. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18: 634-636.
Petrželková KJ, Schovancová K, Profousová I, Kišidayová S, Váradyová Z, Pekár S, Kamler J, Modrý D (2012). The effect of low- and high-fiber diets on the population of entodiniomorphid ciliates Troglodytella abrassarti in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology, 74: 669-675.
Pomajbíková K, Petrželková KJ, Petrášová J, Profousová I, Kalousová B, Jirků M, Sá RM, Modrý D (2012). Distribution of the Entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglocorys cava Tokiwa, Modrý, Ito, Pomajbíková, Petrželková, & Imai, 2010, (Entodiniomorphida: Blepharocorythidae) in wild and captive chimpanzees. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 59: 97-99.
Smejkalová P, Petrželková KJ, Pomajbíková K, Modrý D, Čepička I (2012). Extensive diversity of intestinal trichomonads of non-human primates. Parasitology, 139: 92-102.
Vallo P, Petrželková KJ, Profousová I, Petrášová J, Pomajbíková K, Leendertz F, Hashimoto C, Simmons N, Babweteera F, Machanda Z, Piel A, Robbins MM, Boesch C, Sanz C, Morgan D, Sommer V, Furuichi T, Fujita S, Matsuzawa T, Kaur T, Huffman MA, Modrý D (2012). Molecular diversity of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti and its coevolution with chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 148: 525-533.
Vlčková K, Mrázek J, Kopečný J, Petrželková KJ (2012). Evaluation of different storage methods to characterize the fecal bacterial communities of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Journal of Microbiological Methods, 91: 45-51.

2011

Albrechtová K, Sedlák K, Petrželková KJ, Hlaváč J, Mihalca AD, Lesingirian A, Kanyari PWN, Modrý D (2011). Occurrence of filaria in domestic dogs of Samburu pastoralists in Northern Kenya and its associations with canine distemper. Veterinary Parasitology, 182: 230-238.
Kaur T, Singh J, Huffman MA, Petrželková KJ, Taylor NS, Xu S, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Debruyne L, Vandamme P, Fox JG (2011). Campylobacter troglodytis sp. nov., isolated from feces of human-habituated wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77: 2366-2373.
Petrášová J, Uzlíková M, Kostka M, Petrželková KJ, Huffman MA, Modrý D (2011). Diversity and host specificity of Blastocystis in syntopic primates on Rubondo Island, Tanzania. International Journal for Parasitology, 41: 1113-1120.
Profousová I, Petrželková KJ, Pomajbíková K, Modrý D (2011). Survival and morphologic changes of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in chimpanzee feces. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 42: 69-74.
Profousová I, Mihaliková K, Laho T, Váradyová Z, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D, Kišidayová S (2011). The ciliate, Troglodytella abrassarti, contributes to polysaccharide hydrolytic activities in the chimpanzee colon. Folia Microbiologica, 56: 339-343.
Sak B, Kváč M, Petrželková KJ, Květoňová D, Pomajbíková K, Mulama M, Kiyang J, Modrý D (2011). Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: evidence for zoonotic transmission?. Folia Parasitologica, 58: 81-86.
Široký P, Erhart J, Petrželková KJ, Kamler M (2011). Life cycle of tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium under laboratory conditions. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 54: 277-284.

2010

Petrášová J, Modrý D, Huffman MA, Mapua MI, Bobáková L, Mazoch V, Singh J, Kaur T, Petrželková KJ (2010). Gastrointestinal Parasites of Indigenous and Introduced Primate Species of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 31: 920-936.
Petrželková KJ, Hasegawa H, Appleton CC, Huffman MA, Archer CE, Moscovice LR, Mapua MI, Singh J, Kaur T (2010). Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology, 72: 307-316.
Pomajbíková K, Petrželková KJ, Profousová I, Petrášová J, Kišidayová S, Váradyová Z, Modrý D (2010). A survey of entodiniomorphid ciliates in chimpanzees and bonobos. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 142: 42-48.
Pomajbíková K, Petrželková KJ, Profousová I, Petrášová J, Modrý D (2010). Discrepancies in the occurrence of Balantidium coli between wild and captive African great apes. Journal of Parasitology, 96: 1139-1144.
Sloboda M, Mihalca AD, Falka I, Petrželková KJ, Carlsson M, Ghira I, Modrý D (2010). Are gobiid fish more susceptible to predation if parasitized by Eustrongylides excisus? An answer from robbed snakes. Ecological Research, 25: 469-473.
Tokiwa T, Modrý D, Ito A, Pomajbíková K, Petrželková KJ, Imai S (2010). A new entodiniomorphid ciliate, Troglocorys cava n. g., n. sp., from the wild eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) from Uganda. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 57: 115-120.

2009

Kišidayová S, Váradyová Z, Pristaš P, Piknová M, Nigutová K, Petrželková KJ, Profousová I, Schovancová K, Kamler J, Modrý D (2009). Effects of high- and low-fiber diets on fecal fermentation and fecal microbial populations of captive chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 71: 548-557.
Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Pomajbíková K, Tokiwa T, Křížek J, Imai S, Vallo P, Profousová I, Šlapeta J (2009). The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 56: 83-87.

2008

Modrý D, Petrželková KJ, Jirků M, Koubek P (2008). Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Gerbilliscus guineae Thomas (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal. Systematic Parasitology, 71: 223-228.

2007

Moscovice LR, Issa MH, Petrželková KJ, Keuler NS, Snowdon CT, Huffman MA (2007). Fruit availability, chimpanzee diet, and grouping patterns on Rubondo Island, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology, 69: 1-16.

2006

Petrželková KJ, Hasegawa H, Moscovice LR, Kaur T, Issa MH, Huffman MA (2006). Parasitic nematodes in the chimpanzee population on Rubondo Island, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 27: 767-777.
Petrželková KJ, Downs NC, Zukal J, Racey PA (2006). A comparison between emergence and return activity in pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus. Acta Chiropterologica, 8: 381-390.
Široký P, Petrželková KJ, Kamler M, Mihalca AD, Modrý D (2006). Hyalomma aegyptium as dominant tick in tortoises of the genus Testudo in Balkan countries, with notes on its host preferences. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 40: 279-290.

2005

Hasegawa H, Ikeda Y, Fujisaki A, Moscovice LR, Petrželková KJ, Kaur T, Huffman MA (2005). Morphology of chimpanzee pinworms, Enterobius (Enterobius) anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae), collected from chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, on Rubondo island, Tanzania. Journal of Parasitology, 91: 1314-1317.

2004

Moscovice LR, Petrželková KJ, Issa MH, Huffman MA, Snowdon CT, Mbago F, Kaur T, Singh J, Graziani G (2004). Role of lianas for introduced chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) on Rubondo Island, Tanzania. Folia Primatologica, 75: 308.
Petrželková KJ, Obuch J, Zukal J (2004). Does the barn owl (Tyto alba) selectively predate individual great mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)?. Lynx, 35: 123-132.

2003

Petrželková KJ, Zukal J (2003). Does a live barn owl (Tyto alba) affect emergence behavior of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus)?. Acta Chiropterologica, 5: 177-184.
Trnka R, Marván R, Lhota S, Petrželková KJ (2003). "Malování" exkrementy a koprofagie u šimpanze učenlivého (Pan troglodytes) a dalších primátů - možné příčiny a vysvětlení. Gazella, 30: 55-68.

2001

Petrželková KJ, Zukal J (2001). Emergence behaviour of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) under predation risk. Netherlands Journal of Zoology, Roc. 51: 395-414.