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- Current volume: 73: 2026
- Special Issue: Three Decades of Latent Toxoplasmosis
- Published since 1954 – freely available!
International journal that covers all branches of animal parasitology, including morphology, taxonomy, biology, biochemistry, physiology, immunology and molecular biology of parasites, host-parasite relationships and parasite evolution.
Special Issue: Three Decades of Latent Toxoplasmosis

Flegr J., Ullmann J., Španiel F., Toman J., Hůla M., Šebánková B., Petrusová J., Novotný P., Včelák J., Kaňková Š. 2026: Does latent Toxoplasma infection mimic the immune profile of schizophrenia? Sex-specific cytokine and brain-marker alterations suggest partial overlap. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 73: 006

Ullmann J., Flegr J., Nouzová K., Včelák J., Kaňková Š. 2025: Chronic inflammation in pregnant women with latent toxoplasmosis and explanation of discordant results of serological tests for toxoplasmosis. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 72: 021.

Postolache T.T., Duncan E., Yen P., Potocki E., Barnhart M., Federline A., Massa N., Dagdag A., Joseph J., Wadhawan A., Capan C., Forton C., Lowry C.A., Ortmeyer H.K., Brenner L.A. 2025: Toxoplasma gondii, suicidal behavior and suicide risk factors in US Veterans enrolled in mental health treatment. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 72: 002.

Latifi A., Flegr J., Kaňková Š. 2025: Re-assessing host manipulation in Toxoplasma: the underexplored role of sexual transmission – evidence, mechanisms, implications. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 72: 015.

Postolache T.T. 2025: Toxoplasma gondii and suicidal behaviour: discovery, cross-diagnostic confirmation and pathway exploration. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 72: 025.

Torrey E.F. 2024: The linking of toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia. Folia Parasitol. 71: 016.

Flegr J. 2025: Thirty years of studying latent toxoplasmosis: behavioural, physiological, and health insights: description of a struggle. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 72: 005.

Catchpole A., Zabriskie B.N., Embley B., Kharazi H., Clarke R., Templeton G., Hunt C., Gale S.D., Hedges D.W. 2025: Association between type-2 diabetes and Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 72: 024.

Vyas A. 2024: Nuts and bolts of the behavioural manipulation by Toxoplasma gondii. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 71: 017.

Webster J.P. 2025: Who makes the decisions? Uncovering the evolutionary implications and clinical applications of Toxoplasma gondii’s Fatal Feline Attraction. Special Issue on Toxoplasmosis. Folia Parasitol. 72: 016

Tautanova A., Kiyan V., Dusmagambetov M., Almysheva T.A., Dusmagambetova A. 2026: Three decades of research on molecular genetic characteristics of Echinococcus spp.: a bibliometric study. Folia Parasitol. 73: 001.
Folia Parasitologica - Most viewed articles
Results 1501 to 1530 of 3110:
Incidence of toxoplasmosis in domestic animals in Afghanistan
V. Kozojed, K. Blažek, A. Amin
Folia Parasitologica 23[3] 273-275 (1976) 
Cysticercoids of the cestode Aploparaksis diminuens (Linstow, 1905) (Cestoidea: Hymenolepididae)
B. RYŠAVÝ, M. D. SONIN
Folia Parasitologica 24[2] 139-140 (1977) 
Studies on digenetic trematodes of the genus Prosthodendrium Dollfus, 1931 from some Egyptian bats. 1. Trematodes of the subgenus Prosthodendrium Dollfus, 1931
M. F. A. SAOUD, M. M. RAMADAN
Folia Parasitologica 24[3] 249-259 (1977) 
A new cestode of Charadriiformes - Wardium chaunense sp. n. (Hymenolepididae) from Gallinago gallinago (L.) from Chukotka .
S. K. BONDARENKO, V. L. KONTRIMAVICHUS
Folia Parasitologica 24[3] 281-284 (1977) 
Studies on the fine structure of the rostellar hooks of Multiceps endothoracicus during the ultimate phase of their formation
D. HULÍNSKÁ, V. M. FEDOSEENKO
Folia Parasitologica 24[4] 347-351 (1977) 
Further results of serological examination of domestic animals for leptospirosis in Afghanistan
Z. Šebek, K. Blažek, M. Valová, A. Amin
Folia Parasitologica 25[1] 17-22 (1978) 
Microscopical anatomy of larva of Cheladonta costulata (Acarina: Trombiculidae). I. Glands
J. SCHRAMLOVÁ
Folia Parasitologica 25[1] 61-65 (1978) 
Investigations of mammals in the surroundings of Akhtopol (Bulgaria) on the incidence of tularemia
P. PAVLOV, Z. HUBÁLEK, M. DANIEL, B. ROSICKÝ
Folia Parasitologica 25[1] 87-89 (1978) 
Microclimate as a determining element in the distribution of ticks and their developmental cycles
M. DANIEL
Folia Parasitologica 25[1] 91-94 (1978) 
Redescription of the nematode Philometra obturans (Prenant, 1886) with a key to the philometrid nematodes parasitic in European freshwater fishes
F. MORAVEC
Folia Parasitologica 25[2] 115-124 (1978) 
Tissue reaction of the liver of cattle to an artificial or natural infection with Custicercus bovis
J. ŠTĚRBA, I. DYKOVÁ
Folia Parasitologica 25[2] 143-146 (1978) 
Autogeny in Piophila casei (Diptera, Piophilidae)
J. ZUSKA
Folia Parasitologica 25[2] 173-177 (1978) 
Records of some little known nematodes from Indian fishes
N. C. DE, M. GHOSH, G. MAJUMDAR
Folia Parasitologica 25[4] 317-321 (1978) 
Histochemistry of tissue reaction in skeletal muscles of cattle experimentally infected with Cysticercus bovis
Z. ZDÁRSKÁ, B. MACHNICKA
Folia Parasitologica 25[4] 355-360 (1978) 
A new host, Simulium argyreatum Meig., for the cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus of blackflies in Czechoslovakia
J. WEISER
Folia Parasitologica 25[4] 361-365 (1978) 
Dermestes maculates (Dermestidae); J. Řeháček
Persistence of Coxiella burnetii in beetles
Folia Parasitologica 26[1] 39-43 (1979) 
Serologic examination of human population in South Moravia (Czechoslovakia) on the presence of antibodies to arboviruses of the Alfavirus, Flavivirus, Turlock groups and Bunyamwera supergroup
J. M. KOLMAN, K. KOPECKÝ, O. RÁC
Folia Parasitologica 26[1] 55-60 (1979) 
Raillietina (Paroniella) kratochvili sp. n. (Cestoda: Davaineidae), a new bird cestode from Pica pica bactriana from Afghanistan
B. RYŠAVÝ, F. TENORA
Folia Parasitologica 26[1] 69-72 (1979) 
Propagation of Toxoplasma gondii in suspension cultures of Hefa cells
A. VALKOUN, J. ČINÁTL
Folia Parasitologica 26[2] 165-167 (1979) 
Comparative scanning electron microscope studies on Pholeoixodes rugicollis (Schulze et Schlottke, 1929) (Ixodidae)
M. F. AUBERT, J. L. CORDONNIER
Folia Parasitologica 26[2] 179-180 (1979) 
Histological and histochemical studies on the body wall of Pseudoproleptus kherai (Nematoda)
CH. SHEIKHER, V. K. GARG
Folia Parasitologica 26[3] 253-257 (1979) 
Histochemistry of gland cells of Eurytrema pancreaticum cercariae
Z. Žďárská
Folia Parasitologica 26[3] 259-263 (1979) 
Ixodid ticks of Barun Glacier region (the Nepal Himalaya)
M. DANIEL
Folia Parasitologica 26[4] 337-341 (1979) 
Two new species of Gyrodactylus (Monogenea) from Kirghizian Diptychus dybowskii (Cypriniformes)
R. ERGENS, D. U. KARABEKOVA
Folia Parasitologica 27[1] 89-91 (1980) 
The impact of a different cattle management on the incidence of helminths in various age groups
B. KOTRLÁ, I. PAVLÁSEK
Folia Parasitologica 27[2] 109-115 (1980) 
Modern approaches to the studies and evaluation of environmental conditions in small mammal nests
M. DANIEL, V. ALBRECHT, M. K. CHYTIL, B. LOUVAR, O. PEKÁREK
Folia Parasitologica 27[2] 187-189 (1980) 
The morphogenesis of microtriches in the tegument of Taenia hydatigena throughout its larval development
D. HULÍNSKÁ
Folia Parasitologica 27[4] 329-336 (1980) 
Sarcocystosis in cattle and sheep at Prague abattoir
Z Černá, V Merhautová
Folia Parasitologica 28[2] 125-129 (1981) 
Application of the India ink immunoreaction for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis
J Chalupský
Folia Parasitologica 28[2] 131-136 (1981) 
New species of biting lice (Mallophaga) of the genera Penenirmus and Rostrinirmus
F. BALÁT
Folia Parasitologica 28[2] 161-168 (1981) 

