Research interest:

• Immunology
• Wildlife diseaes

Krücken J, Czirják GÁ, Ramünke S, Serocki M, Heinricht SK, Melzheimer J, Costa MC, Hofer H, Aschenborn OHK, Barker NA, Capodanno S, Madeira de Carvalho L, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, East ML, Wachter B. (2021).
Genetic diversity of vector‑borne pathogens in spotted and brown hyenas from Namibia and Tanzania relates to ecological conditions rather than host taxonomy.
Parasit Vectors 14:328. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04835-x.

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Ferreira SCM, Veiga MM, Hofer H, East ML, Czirják Á. (2021).
Noninvasively measured immune responses reflect current parasite infections in a wild carnivore and are linked to longevity.
Ecol Evol 11:7685-99. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7602.

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Schares G, Joeres M, Rachel F, Tuschy M, Czirják GÁ, Maksimov P, Conraths FJ, Wachter B. (2021).
Molecular analysis suggests that Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are definitive hosts of a so far undescribed Besnoitia species.
Parasit Vectors 14:201. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04697-3.

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Seltmann A, Schares G, Aschenborn OHK, Heinrich SK, Thalwitzer S, Wachter B*, Czirják GÁ*. (2020).
Species-specific differences in Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in Namibian wildlife.
Parasit Vectors 13:7. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3871-3. *equal contribution

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Seltmann A, Webster F, Martins Ferreira SC, Czirják GÁ*, Wachter B*. (2019).
Age-specific gastrointestinal parasite shedding in free-ranging cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on Namibian farmland
Parasitol Res 118:851-9. doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-6190-2. *equal contribution

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Costantini D, Czirják GÀ, Melzheimer J, Menges V, Wachter B. (2019).
Sex and species differences of stress markers in sympatric cheetahs and leopards in Namibia.
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 227:8-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.09.002.

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Prüter H, Czirják GÁ, Twietmeyer S, Harder T, Grund C, Mühldorfer K, Lüschow D. (2018).
Sane and sound - a serologic and genetic survey for selected infectious agents in neozootic Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) in Germany.
Eur J Wildlife Res 64:71. doi: 10.1007/s10344-018-1231-9.

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Prüter H, Franz M, Auls S, Czirják GA, Greben O, Greenwood A D, Lisitsyna O, Syrota Y, Sitko J, Krone O. (2018).
Chronic lead intoxication decreases intestinal helminth species richness and infection intensity in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos).
Sci Total Environ 644:151-60. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.297.

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Heinrich SK, Hofer H, Courtiol A, Melzheimer J, Dehnhard M, Czirják GÁ*, Wachter B*. (2017).
Cheetahs have a stronger constitutive innate immunity than leopards.
Sci Rep 7:44837. doi: 10.1038/srep44837. *equal contribution

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Costantini D, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Czirják GÁ. (2017).
Socioecological and environmental predictors of physiological stress markers in a threatened feline species.
Conserv Physiol 5: cox069. doi:10.1093/conphys/cox069.