Assoc. prof. Tomáš Csank, DVM, PhD

Last update: 25. 10. 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Csank
I.2 Name Tomáš
I.3 Titles Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth 1981
I.5 Name of the workplace University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position associate professor
I.8 E-mail address tomas.csank@uvlf.sk
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6133
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university biology
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2055-9293
3 Optional item.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER QUALIFICATION GROWTH
II.a Name of the university or institution II.b Year II.c Study field and programme
II.1 First degree of higher education
II.2 Second degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice 2007 general veterinary medicine
II.3 Third degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2011 virology
II.4 Associate professor University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2021 virology
II.5 Professor
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
Associate professor University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2021 2022
Assistent University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2011 2021

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL AND OTHER SKILLS
IV.a Activity description, course name, other IV.b Name of the institution IV.c Year
Bio-safety Level 3 Training School Department of Virology, University of Medical Center of Goettingen, Germany 2014

V. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TEACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY
V.1. Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a Name of the profile course V.1.b Study programme V.1.c Degree V.1.d Field of study
Genetics of microorganismsmicrobiology full time english languagethirdbiology
Virologymicrobiology full time english languagethirdbiology
Bacteriologymicrobiology full time english languagethirdbiology
Bakteriológiamicrobiology full time slovak languagethirdbiology
Genetika mikroorganizmovmicrobiology full time slovak languagethirdbiology
Virológiamicrobiology full time slovak languagethirdbiology
Bacteriologymicrobiology external english languagethirdbiology
Genetics of microorganismsmicrobiology external english languagethirdbiology
Virologymicrobiology external english languagethirdbiology
Bakteriológiamicrobiology external slovak languagethirdbiology
Genetika mikroorganizmovmicrobiology external slovak languagethirdbiology
Virológiamicrobiology external slovak languagethirdbiology

V.2. Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year 4
V.2.a Study programme V.2.b Degree V.2.d Field of study
4 According to Art. 6 para. 4 of the Standards for the Study Programme.

V.3. Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned
microbiology (habilitation procedure) biology
microbiology (inaugural procedure) biology

V.4. Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) V.4.b Diploma (second degree) V.4.c Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses 0 3 0
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 0 11 2

V.5. Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a Name of the course V.5.b Study programme V.5.c Degree V.5.d Field of study
Virologypharmacy (join study programme) full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndpharmacy
Microbiologygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Microbiology and immunologygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Applied virologygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Microbiologygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Applied virologygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Environmental microbiologyanimal hygiene and environment full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Mikrobiológia životného prostrediaanimal hygiene and environment full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Environmental microbiologyanimal hygiene and environment external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Mikrobiológia životného prostrediaanimal hygiene and environment external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Special microbiologyimmunology full time english languagethirdbiology
Špeciálna mikrobiológiaimmunology full time slovak languagethirdbiology
Special microbiologyimmunology external english languagethirdbiology
Špeciálna mikrobiológiaimmunology external slovak languagethirdbiology
General and special bacteriologyinfectious diseases of animals full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
General and special virologyinfectious diseases of animals full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Všeobecná a špeciálna bakteriológiainfectious diseases of animals full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
General and specific virologyinfectious diseases of animals full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
General and special bacteriologyinfectious diseases of animals external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
General and special virologyinfectious diseases of animals external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Všeobecná a špeciálna bakteriológiainfectious diseases of animals external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Všeobecná a špeciálna virológiainfectious diseases of animals external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine

VI. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER OUTPUTS
VI.1. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.a Overall VI.1.b Over the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs 186 82
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 29 16
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 148 118
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 122 104
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level 1 1

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - TICHÁ, Elena - BRADBURY, Richard Stewart - ZUBRÍKOVÁ, Dana - VALENTOVÁ, Daniela - CHOVANCOVÁ, Gabriela - GREŠÁKOVÁ, Ľubomíra - VÍCHOVÁ, Bronislava - ŠIKUTOVÁ, Silvie - CSANK, Tomáš - HURNÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - MITERPÁKOVÁ, Martina - RUDOLF, Ivo. Mosquito surveillance of West Nile and Usutu viruses in four territorial units of Slovakia and description of a confirmed autochthonous human case of West Nile fever, 2018 to 2019 separator. In: Eurosurveillance. 2021. ISSN 1560-7917, Vol. 26, no. 19 (2021), p. 13-23.
(2020: 6.307 - IF, 104 - H-index, 6.015 - IF 5y, 2.766 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
2. PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - PASTOREK, Patrik - PISTL, Juraj - RUSŇÁKOVÁ, Mária - SZEMES, Tomáš - ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - LIČKOVÁ, Martina - BORŠOVÁ, Kristína - KLEMPA, Boris - CSANK, Tomáš. Genetic characterization of a neurovirulent West Nile Virus variant associated with a fatal great grey owl infection. In: Viruses. 2021. ISSN 1999-4915, Vol. 13, no. 4 (2021), art. no. 699, p. [1-10]
(2020: 5.048 - IF, 85 - H-index, 5.127 - IF 5y, 1.828 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
3. DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - BARZON, Luisa - FRANCHIN, Elisa - LAVEZZO, Enrico - BAKONYI, Tamás - PISTL, Juraj - CSANK, Tomáš. The complete genome sequence analysis of West Nile virus strains isolated in Slovakia (central Europe). In: Archives of virology. 2019. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 164, no. 1 (2019), p. 273-277.
(2019: 2.243 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.176 - IF 5y, 0.933 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
4. CSANK, Tomáš - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - MAJOR, Peter - GYURANECZ, Miklós - PISTL, Juraj - BAKONYI, Tamás. A Serosurvey of Flavivirus Infection in Horses and Birds in Slovakia. In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2018. ISSN 1530-3667, Vol. 18, č. 4(2018), s. 206-213.
(2018: 1.939 - IF, 69 - H-index, 2.192 - IF 5y, 1.070 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
5. CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set : [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov] In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683.
(2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
5 Maximum of five most significant outputs, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years 6
1. PEŇAZZIOVÁ, Katarína - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - PASTOREK, Patrik - PISTL, Juraj - RUSŇÁKOVÁ, Mária - SZEMES, Tomáš - ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - LIČKOVÁ, Martina - BORŠOVÁ, Kristína - KLEMPA, Boris - CSANK, Tomáš. Genetic characterization of a neurovirulent West Nile Virus variant associated with a fatal great grey owl infection. In: Viruses. 2021. ISSN 1999-4915, Vol. 13, no. 4 (2021), art. no. 699, p. [1-10]
(2020: 5.048 - IF, 85 - H-index, 5.127 - IF 5y, 1.828 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
2. ČABANOVÁ, Viktória - TICHÁ, Elena - BRADBURY, Richard Stewart - ZUBRÍKOVÁ, Dana - VALENTOVÁ, Daniela - CHOVANCOVÁ, Gabriela - GREŠÁKOVÁ, Ľubomíra - VÍCHOVÁ, Bronislava - ŠIKUTOVÁ, Silvie - CSANK, Tomáš - HURNÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - MITERPÁKOVÁ, Martina - RUDOLF, Ivo. Mosquito surveillance of West Nile and Usutu viruses in four territorial units of Slovakia and description of a confirmed autochthonous human case of West Nile fever, 2018 to 2019 separator. In: Eurosurveillance. 2021. ISSN 1560-7917, Vol. 26, no. 19 (2021), p. 13-23.
(2020: 6.307 - IF, 104 - H-index, 6.015 - IF 5y, 2.766 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
3. DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - BARZON, Luisa - FRANCHIN, Elisa - LAVEZZO, Enrico - BAKONYI, Tamás - PISTL, Juraj - CSANK, Tomáš. The complete genome sequence analysis of West Nile virus strains isolated in Slovakia (central Europe). In: Archives of virology. 2019. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 164, no. 1 (2019), p. 273-277.
(2019: 2.243 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.176 - IF 5y, 0.933 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
4. CSANK, Tomáš - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - MAJOR, Peter - GYURANECZ, Miklós - PISTL, Juraj - BAKONYI, Tamás. A Serosurvey of Flavivirus Infection in Horses and Birds in Slovakia. In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2018. ISSN 1530-3667, Vol. 18, č. 4(2018), s. 206-213.
(2018: 1.939 - IF, 69 - H-index, 2.192 - IF 5y, 1.070 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
5. CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set : [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov] In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683.
(2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
6 Maximum of five most significant outputs over the last six years, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs 7
1. CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set : [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov] In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683.
(2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[3] CHITIMIA-DOBLER, L. - MACKENSTEDT, U. - KAHL, O. - PETNEY, T.N. Transmission / Natural cycle. In Dobler, G., Erber, W, Broker, M, Schmit, H.J. Tick-borne encephalitis - The TBE Book, 2nd Edition Chapter 3. Publ. Global Health Press, 2019, p.470. ISBN 9789811409141.
2. CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set : [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov] In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683.
(2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] BAZANOW, Barbara - VAN VUREN, Petrus Jansen - SZYMANSKI, Piotr - STYGAR, Dominika - FRACKA, Agnieszka - TWARDON, Jan - KOZDROWSKI, Roland - PAWESKA, Janusz T. A Survey on West Nile and Usutu Viruses in Horses and Birds in Poland. In VIRUSES-BASEL. ISSN 1999-4915, 2018, vol. 10, no. 2, pp.
3. CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set : [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov] In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683.
(2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] CABANOVA, Viktoria - MITERPAKOVA, Martina - VALENTOVA, Daniela - BLAZEJOVA, Hana - RUDOLF, Ivo - STLOUKAL, Eduard - HURNIKOVA, Zuzana - DZIDOVA, Marianna. Urbanization impact on mosquito community and the transmission potential of filarial infection in central Europe. In PARASITES & VECTORS. ISSN 1756-3305, 2018, vol. 11, no., pp.
4. CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set : [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov] In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683.
(2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] FEYER, Sina - BARTENSCHLAGER, Florian - BERTRAM, Christof A. - ZIEGLER, Ute - FAST, Christine - KLOPFLEISCH, Robert - MUELLER, Kerstin. Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free-ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) in Germany. In TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES. ISSN 1865-1674, 2021, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 907-919.
5. CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set : [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov] In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683.
(2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] CABANOVA, Viktoria - SIKUTOVA, Silvie - STRAKOVA, Petra - SEBESTA, Oldrich - VICHOVA, Bronislava - ZUBRIKOVA, Dana - MITERPAKOVA, Martina - MENDEL, Jan - HURNIKOVA, Zuzana - HUBALEK, Zdenek - RUDOLF, Ivo. Co-Circulation of West Nile and Usutu Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes in Slovakia, 2018. In VIRUSES-BASEL. ISSN 1999-4915, 2019, vol. 11, no. 7, pp.
7 Maximum of five most significant citations, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.5. Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years 8
1. VEGA 1/0354/21 "Study of the replication, neurovirulent potential and the innate antivirus response against tick-borne orbiviruses in host cell models", Duration: 2021 - 2024
2. APVV APVV-15-0415 "Virome of gastrointestinal tract:of pigs and wild boars: Identification and analysis of virus agentssamostatný vedecký pracovník", Duration: 2016 - 2020
3. APVV SK-PL-21-0074 "The tick Dermacentor reticulatus and Central Europe - spatiotemporal changes at the beginning of the millennium and epidemiological risks", Duration: 2022 - 2023
4. KEGA 007UVLF-4/2021  "Bioinformatic and molecular tools to study factors of pathogenicity and virulence of the medically important bacterial pathogens", Duration: 2021 - 2023
5. APVV APVV-19-0440 "Emerging zoonotic pathogens transmitted by neglected arthropod species in Slovakia", Duration: 2020 - 2024
8 Maximum of five most significant projects, if the RATP form is attached to the application. In addition to the name and brief characteristics of the project, the type of participation is indicated (in Slovak and in English), if possible, a hyperlink to the project and its outputs and citations are stated as well.

VII. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER ACTIVITIES 9
VII.a Activity, position VII.b Name of the institution, board VII.c Duration
member Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology 2016 2022
9 E.g. academic positions, memberships in editorial boards and in scientific and professional societies.

VIII. OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES AND VISITS ORIENTED ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/ OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE GIVEN FIELD OF STUDY
VIII.a Name of the institution VIII.b Address of the institution VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Saint Stefan´s University, István utca 2, Budapest, Hungary 2016 2016 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Domus Senior
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Stoney Road 12, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2009 2009 EU Project (NMSACC-PCVD 518432 PCVD: Towards Improved Food Quality and Safety within New Member States)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Ghent Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Ghent, Belgium 2009 2009 Erasmus

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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