Address
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
- reiter( at )saske.sk
Phone
- +421-55-633 14 12
Scientific interests
- immunology, serological and molecular diagnostics of medical and veterinary important parasites, their epidemiology and control
- determination of the occurrence and spreading of intracellular protozoan parasites in Slovakia, above all Toxoplasma gondii (Protist, Apicomlexa) – parasite of all warm-blood animals with zoonotic potential and Neospora caninum (Protist, Apicomlexa) – serious parasite of dogs and canine carnivores as definitive hosts; as well as domestic and wildlife ruminants, omnivores, small rodents and birds as intermediate host
- in vitro cultivation of alive isolates from seropositive animals as source for own antigen’s preparation
- preparation and standardization of commercially unavailable specific antigens for diagnostic of helminthozoonoses (Echinococcus spp., Trichinella spp., Toxocara canis)
| Work experience | ||
| 2011 - present | Research professor; Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1997-2011 | Senior researcher; Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1990-1997 | Researcher; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1984-1990 | Research assistant; Helminthological Institute (later Institute of Parasitology), SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1981-1984 | Ph.D. student; Helminthological Institute, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1975-1980 | Assistant 1st grade and research fellowship; Helminthological Institute, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Education and training | ||
| 2011 | Degree D.Sc. (Doctor of Biological Sciences; equivalent research professor) awarded by the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava | |
| 1997 | Qualification IIa (senior researcher) | |
| 1981-1984 | Ph.D. study at the Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia; Degree C.Sc. (equivalent of Ph.D.) awarded by the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Specialization–parasitology/immunology |
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| 1975-1981 | Assistant and research student at the Helminthological Institute (later Institute of Parasitology), SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1969-1974 | University study at the Chemical Faculty of Slovak Technical University in Bratislava; Degree Ing. (Dipl. Engineer of chemistry); specialization – Microbiology and Biochemistry /food chemistry | |
| 1967-1969 | Secondary school; Grammar School , Fiľakovo, Slovakia | |
| Working stays abroad | ||
| 2004-present annually short visits |
W. Stefanski Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland | |
| June 2005 | Ege University, Medical Faculty, Department of Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey | |
| April 2005 | Institute of Parasitology; Univerzity Hohenheim, Stuttgard, Germany | |
| October 2004 | Department of Parasitology, Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma, ITALY | |
| September 1998, May 1999 and short visits during 2003, 2004, 2005 |
Clinical Institute of Hygiene-Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medical Parasitology, Austria | |
| July 1992 | Institute of Parasitology, University of Zürich, Switzerland | |
| July 1990 | Department of Zoology, University of Veterinary Sciences Budapest, Hungary | |
| 1987, 1989 | Skrijabin’s Institute of Helminthology of Russian Agricultural Academy, Moscow, RUSSIA | |
| Memberships | ||
| 2008-present | Member of the Open Veterinary Science Journal (Bentham Science Publishers, Ltd. | |
| 1990-present | Member of the Slovak Society for Parasitology | |
| Prizes and awards | ||
| 2011 | Medal of prof. Hovorka | |