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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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.
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Trichuris chilensis: physicochemical and immunological characterization of the different antigenic components
C. A. Pujol
Folia Parasitologica 40[1] 53-57 (1993) 
Sperm ultrastructure of Isancistrum subulatae (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae)
G. Malmberg and Y. Lilliemarck
Folia Parasitologica 40[2] 97-98 (1993) 
R. C. Anderson: Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission.
František Moravec
Folia Parasitologica 40[2] 114 (1993) 
A description of Amblyomma tigrinum Koch, A. neumanni Ribaga, and A. testudinis (Conil) immatures (Acarina: Ixodidae)
A. Estrada-Peña, A. A. Guglielmone, A. J. Mangold and J. Castellá
Folia Parasitologica 40[2] 147-153 (1993) 
Transmission electron microscopy of ventral sucker papillae of Brachylaimus aequans (Digenea: Brachylamaimidae)
Z. Žďárská
Folia Parasitologica 40[3] 203-207 (1993) 
Nematode parasites of fishes of the Paraná River, Brazil. Part 3. Camallanoidea and Dracunculoidea
F. Moravec, A. Kohn and B. M. M. Fernandes
Folia Parasitologica 40[3] 211-229 (1993) 
Redescription of Demodex soricinus (Acari: Demodecidae) from the sebaceous glands of Sorex araneus (Insectivora)
V. Bukva
Folia Parasitologica 40[3] 243-248 (1993) 
The Warthin-Starry stain in the diagnosis of small intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients
A. S. Field, D. J. Marriott and M. C. Hing
Folia Parasitologica 40[4] 261-266 (1993) 
Staining of microsporidian spores by optical brighteners with remarks on the use of brighteners for the diagnosis of AIDS associated human microsporidioses
J. Vávra, R. Dahbiová, W. S. Hollister and E. U. Canning
Folia Parasitologica 40[4] 267-272 (1993) 
Cryptosporidiosis in Poland: clinical, epidemiologic and parasitologic aspects
E. Siński
Folia Parasitologica 40[4] 297-300 (1993) 
Redial productivity of Clinostomum complanatum (Trematoda: Clinostomatidae) within the snail host
X. H. Liao
Folia Parasitologica 40[4] 313-318 (1993) 
An immunosuppressed rat model for evaluation of anti-Cryptosporidium activity of sinefungin
P. Brasseur, L. Favennec, D. Leméteil, F. Roussel and J. J. Ballet
Folia Parasitologica 41[1] 13-16 (1994) 
H. Williams, A. Jones: Parasitic Worms o Fish.
František Moravec
Folia Parasitologica 41[1] 38 (1994) 
Chigger mites (Acarina: Leeuwenhoekiidae) from Cuba
J. de la Cruz and M. Daniel
Folia Parasitologica 41[1] 71-74 (1994) 
A redescription and a new geographical record in the Black Sea of Bacciger israelensis Fischthal, 1980 (Trematoda: Fellodistomidae)
G. I. Dimitrov and R. A. Bray
Folia Parasitologica 41[1] 75-79 (1994) 
The wisent (Bison bonasus, Bovidae) as an intermediate host of three Sarcocystis species (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) of cattle
K. Odening, H.-H. Wesemeier, G. Walter and I. Bockhardt
Folia Parasitologica 41[2] 115-121 (1994) 
Anguillicola crassus and A. globiceps (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) parasitic in the swimbladder of eels (Anguilla japonica and A. anguilla) in East Asia: a review
K. Nagasawa, Y.-G. Kim and H. Hirose
Folia Parasitologica 41[2] 127-137 (1994) 
Response of Ig-positive cells to Goussia carpelli (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) infections in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)
D. Steinhagen and J. H. W. M. Rombout
Folia Parasitologica 41[3] 173-176 (1994) 
Observations on the eggs and fecundity of dactylogyrid and diplectanid monogeneans from the Australian marine sparid fish, Acanthopagrus australis
F. R. Roubal
Folia Parasitologica 41[3] 220-222 (1994) 
The distribution and abundance of the nematode Anguillicola australiensis in eels Anguilla reinhardtii in Queensland, Australia
C. R. Kennedy
Folia Parasitologica 41[4] 279-285 (1994) 
P. Jordan, G. Webbe, R.F. Sturrock (Eds.): Human Schistosomiasis.
Štěpán Lukeš
Folia Parasitologica 42[1] 35-36 (1995) 
H. Mehlhorn, G. Piekarski: Grundriss der Parasitenkunde. Parasiten des Menschen und der Nutztiere. [Manual of Parasitology. Parasites of Humans and Utility Animals.]
František Moravec
Folia Parasitologica 42[1] 48 (1995) 
Transmission of Anaplasma marginale by the tree-host tick Amblyomma neumanni under laboratory conditions
A. B. Gaido, A. E. Viñabal, D. H. Aguirre, S. T. de Echaide and A. A. Guglielmone
Folia Parasitologica 42[1] 72 (1995) 
On the development and life cycle of Spirocamallanus mysti (Nematoda: Camallanidae)
N. C. De
Folia Parasitologica 42[2] 135-142 (1995) 
A new nematode, Dichelyne alatae sp. n. (Cucullanidae), from Sillaginopsis panijus (Pisces) of West Bengal, India
N. C. De and R. N. Maity
Folia Parasitologica 42[3] 220-226 (1995) 
Developmentally regulated expression of surface carbohydrate residues on larval stages of the avian schistosome Trichobilharzia szidati
P. Horák
Folia Parasitologica 42[4] 255-265 (1995) 
L. S. Garcia, D. A. Bruckner: Diagnostic Medical Parasitology.
Oleg Ditrich
Folia Parasitologica 42[4] 280 (1995) 
Ceratomyxa drepanopsettae in the gallbladder of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, from the northwest Atlantic Ocean
Carol M. Morrison, D. John Martell, Cynthia Leggiadro and David O\\\'Neil
Folia Parasitologica 43[1] 20-36 (1996) 
Efficacy of a monensin-duokvin combination against Eimeria acervulina in chickens
István Varga and Tamás Sréter
Folia Parasitologica 43[2] 153-155 (1996) 
Schellackia ptyodactyli sp.n. of the fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus hasselquistii from the rift escarpment of the lower Jordan Valley
Ilan Paperna and Simcha Finkelman
Folia Parasitologica 43[3] 161-172 (1996) 

