prof. MUDr. David Šmajs, Ph.D.

2026

• A 5500-year-old Treponema pallidum genome from Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia

  BOZZI Davide BROOMANDKHOSHBACHT Nasreen Z DELGADO Miguel BUIKSTRA Jane E AMORIM Carlos Eduardo G KASSADJIKOVA Kalina ESTRADA Melissa Pratt GREUB Gilbert RASCOVAN Nicolas ŠMAJS David FEHREN-SCHMITZ Lars MALASPINAS Anna-Sapfo NELSON Elizabeth A

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  Science, year: 2026, volume: 391, edition: 6783, DOI

• Absence of human yaws and detection of Haemophilus ducreyi in skin ulcers of school children near wildlife protected areas in Tanzania

  LUBINZA Clara Clavery ANTON Alina Johanna LUEERT Simone ADADE Eugene CHUMA Idrissa Shomari SYLVERKEN Augustina Angelina ŠMAJS David MFINANGA Sayoki Godfrey Mrinde ROOS Christian KNAUF Sascha

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, year: 2026, volume: 20, edition: 9, DOI

• Effect of repeated mass drug administration on the transmission of yaws: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study

  BARTON Amber POSPÍŠILOVÁ Petra BEIRAS Camila G JOHN Lucy N HOUINEI Wendy GIACANI Lorenzo ŠMAJS David MARKS Michael MITJA Oriol BEALE Mathew A THOMSON Nicholas R

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  LANCET MICROBE, year: 2026, volume: 7, edition: 1, DOI

• First human cell-based cultivation system for the syphilis spirochete Treponema pallidum

  BOSÁK Juraj HRALA Matěj POSPÍŠILOVÁ Petra BOSÁKOVÁ Michaela ŠMAJS David

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  BMC Microbiology, year: 2026, volume: 26, edition: 1, DOI

• Typical and atypical clinical profiles in syphilis patients: will genotyping of syphilis agents and patients help to explain symptom differences?

  ŠMAJS David SKOKAN Filip

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, year: 2026, volume: 24, edition: 5, DOI

2025

• Analysis of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum predicted outer membrane proteins (OMPeomes) in 21 clinical samples: variant sequences are predominantly surface-exposed

  POSPÍŠILOVÁ Petra FEDROVÁ Pavla VRBOVÁ Eliška HENNELLY Christopher M AGHAKHANIAN Farhang HAWLEY Kelly L BETTIN Everton B DAVENPORT Timothy C BRUISTEN Sylvia M ZONDAG Helene C A GRANGE Philippe A DUPIN Nicolas ARORA Natasha NODA Angel A SENA Arlene C CAIMANO Melissa J SALAZAR Juan C JULIANO Jonathan J MOODY M Anthony RADOLF Justin D PARR Jonathan B ŠMAJS David

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  mSphere, year: 2025, volume: 10, edition: 9, DOI

• Extraintestinal Escherichia coli from camel carcasses: Phylogroups, serotypes, and markers of virulence

  HRALA Matěj JOSEPH Marina FLORIANOVÁ Martina JUŘICOVÁ Helena WERNERY Ulrich ŠMAJS David BOSÁK Juraj

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  PLoS One, year: 2025, volume: 20, edition: 10, DOI

• Genetické pozadí rutinně nekultivovatelných treponemových infekcí s klinickou korelací: Přehledné informace pro medicínskou praxi

  SKOKAN Filip ŠMAJS David VRBOVÁ Eliška

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  Dermatologie pro praxi, year: 2025, volume: 19, edition: 1, DOI

• Characterization of tailocins of Pragia fontium 24613 and the tailocin loci within the family Budviciaceae

  SNOPKOVÁ Kateřina CHALOUPKOVÁ Eva HRALA Matěj ŠMAJS David

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  Research in Microbiology, year: 2025, volume: 176, edition: 1-2, DOI

• In vitro analysis of seven syphilis-causing Treponema pallidum strains revealed inherent growth rate differences

  BOSÁK Juraj HRALA Matěj ANDRLA Petr VRBOVÁ Eliška POSPÍŠILOVÁ Petra ŠMAJS David

  Peer-reviewed scientific article

  Scientific reports, year: 2025, volume: 15, edition: 1, DOI