Bogumiła Skotarczak
Szczecin University, Poland
Biography
I have been the head of Department of Genetics (University of Szczecin, Poland) since 1998. The main scope of my studies concerns molecular biology of pathogens transferred by ticks (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Babesia sp., Anaplasma sp., Rickettsia sp., Toxoplasma gondii). I have lectures and seminars for students of Biology, Biotechnology and Microbiology. I have been the member of Editorial Board of Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, member of honour of Associazione Nazionale di Parasstologia Medica (Italy) since 1995, member of International Society of Evolutionary Protistology (Rockefeller University, New York, USA) since 1999, member of Polish Genetic Society since and member of Polish Parasitological Society since 1978. I am the author of one monograph and author or coauthor of many (more than 120) publications (Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, European Journal of Wildlife Research, Journal of Parasitology, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases; Infections, genetics and evolution; Acta Veterinaria Brno, Experimental and Applied Acarology, Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases, Folia Biologica).
Abstract
Abstract : The potential role of Ixodes ricinus ticks in life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii