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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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.
Folia Parasitologica - Most viewed articles
Results 1771 to 1800 of 3110:
The histochemistry of the body tegument of the larval stages of the tematode Echinoparyphium aconiatum Dietz, 1909
Z. Žďárská
Folia Parasitologica 18[3] 207-213 (1971) 
A case of a mass occurrence of the mite Dermanyssus gallinae in town flats
M Daniel, V Černý
Folia Parasitologica 18[4] 364 (1971) 
Hamatospiculum rysavyi sp. n. (Nematoda: Diplotriaenidae) from Afghanistan
M. D. SONIN, V. BARUŠ
Folia Parasitologica 18[4] 373-375 (1971) 
A redescription of three species of the genus Gyrodactylus nordmann, 1832 (Monogenoidea) from endemic fishes of the Baikal Lake
R Ergens
Folia Parasitologica 19[2] 175-177 (1972) 
Studies on the development of the nematode Rhabdochona (Filochona) ergensi Moravec, 1968
F Moravec
Folia Parasitologica 19[4] 321-333 (1972) 
Ovulation of the trematode Fascioloides magna in relation to the duration of parasitation
K Blažek, B Erhardová-Kotrlá, A Kotrlý
Folia Parasitologica 19[4] 335-339 (1972) 
Obituary dr. Nándor Zoltai
M Jankó
Folia Parasitologica 19[4] 340 (1972) 
Demonstration of human infection in the natural focus of the Valtice fever
F Sluka, A Šimková
Folia Parasitologica 19[4] 358 (1972) 
The protozoan flora of potable water from natural sources and its sub-clinical implications
M J Narasimhan, B G Ranade, V G Ganla
Folia Parasitologica 19[4] 363-364 (1972) 
Coccidiosis of the wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) in Czechoslovakia
D Zajíček, J Páv
Folia Parasitologica 19[4] 369-373 (1972) 
Two helminth species from Gallus lafayetti (Galliformes) in Ceylon
B Ryšavý, V Baruš, M A Fernando
Folia Parasitologica 20[1] 39-40 (1973) 
Tentative nepophylogeny of trombiculids
P H Vercammen-Grandjean, R L Langston, J R Audy
Folia Parasitologica 20[1] 49-66 (1973) 
Cases of facultative parasitism of Lyctocorinae (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) on man in Czechoslovakia
P Štys
Folia Parasitologica 20[1] 103-104 (1973) 
The mode of attachment and relation to the host in Apiosoma piscicola Blanchard and Epistylis lwoffi Fauré-Fremiet, ectocommensals of freshwater fish
J Lom
Folia Parasitologica 20[1] 105-112 (1973) 
Some oxyurid nematodes of the genera Mehdiella and Thaparia from the tortoise Testudo hermanni
S Johnson
Folia Parasitologica 20[2] 141-148 (1973) 
Notes on Gyrodactylus cobitis Bychowsky, 1933 (gyrodactylidae: monogenoidea)
R Ergens
Folia Parasitologica 20[2] 169-173 (1973) 
Observations préliminaires sur les Lépidopteres opthalmotropes dans la République du Mali
W. BÜTTIBER
Folia Parasitologica 20[3] 267-271 (1973) 
Preliminary report on the possibility of utilizing competition of larval schistosomes and other larval trematodes in the intermediate hosts for the biological control of schistosomiasis
B Ryšavý, R Ergens, J Groschaft, F Moravec, F Yousif, A A El-Hassan
Folia Parasitologica 20[4] 293-296 (1973) 
Scanning micrographs of the chigger Neotrombicula zachvatkini (Schluger, 1948): adults and nymphs
W. SIXL, M. DANIEL, V. SIMONOVÁ, H. WALTINGER
Folia Parasitologica 20[4] 339-341 (1973) 
The flea fauna of the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus Licht.) in Iran
A Farhang-Azad, V Neronov
Folia Parasitologica 20[4] 343-351 (1973) 
A controlled test of the action of thiabendazole against Trichostrongylus axei
T E Gibson, J W Parfitt
Folia Parasitologica 20[4] 376 (1973) 
The first finding of the nematode Ashworthius sidemi Schulz, 1933 in Sika nippon from Czechoslovakia
B. Kotrlá, A. Kotrlý
Folia Parasitologica 20[4] 377-378 (1973) 
New hosts for Parapharyngodon cubensis (Oxyuridae) of the families Gekkonidae and Iguanidae
A. Coy Otero, V. Baruš
Folia Parasitologica 20[4] 379-380 (1973) 
Some features of the developmental cycle of the tick Ixodes ricinus (L.) (Acarina: Ixodidae)
V Černý, M Daniel, B Rosický
Folia Parasitologica 21[1] 85-87 (1974) 
To the possible spread of scabies through bed linen
K Samšiňák, E Vobrázková, L Mališ, P Palička, K Zítek
Folia Parasitologica 21[1] 89-91 (1974) 
Occurrence of Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, 1913 (Diptera, Culicidae) in Czechoslovakia
J Ryba, Z Hájková, M Kaftan
Folia Parasitologica 21[2] 142 (1974) 
Contribution to the morphology and distribution of Paramphistomum microbothrium Fischoeder, 1901 in cattle and sheep in the Balkans
B Kotrlá, J Prokopič, J Vishnyakov
Folia Parasitologica 21[3] 215-218 (1974) 
The pathological offect of larval trematodes on the digestive glands of four species of gastropods
A. MOHANDAS
Folia Parasitologica 21[3] 219-224 (1974) 
Academician Witold Stefański (1891-1973)
W Michajlow
Folia Parasitologica 21[3] 241-242 (1974) 
Finding of Haemaphysalis erinacei erinacei Pavesi, 1884 on birds in Yugoslavia
D Tovornik, V Černý
Folia Parasitologica 21[3] 282 (1974) 

