Msc. Ivana Bogdan

Pasteur institute Novi Sad

Department of Microbiology

Novi Sad, Serbia

Topic of interest: Diagnostics and Laboratory research (human/vet)

BAVBD contribution:

 Offering expertise in tick-borne disease diagnostics: zoological identification of ticks, PCR detection of tick-borne pathogens, serological analyses (ELISA, WB, IFA test), maintenance of continuous cell cultures, isolation of tick-borne pathogens on cell cultures

I search for advanced education in molecular research methods: PCR  techniques and sequencing methods.

Relevant references:

1.     Jakimovski, D., Mateska, S., Simin, V., Bogdan, I., Mijatović, D., Estrada-Peña, A., Mateos-Hernández, L., Foucault-Simonin, A., Moutailler, S., Cabezas-Cruz, A., Banović, P. 2022. Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022. Eurosurveillance. 27 (42).

 2.   Banović, P., Díaz-Sánchez, A., Foucault-Simonin, A., Mateos-Hernandez, L., Wu-Chuang, A., Galon, C., Simin, V., Mijatović, D., Bogdan, I., Corona-González, B., Báez, L.C., Kulisz, J. 2023. Emerging tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsioses in the Balkans. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 107: 105400.

 3.  Jakimovski, D., Mateska, S., Dimitrova, E., Bosilkovski, M., Mijatović, D., Simin, V., Bogdan, I., Grujić, J., Budakov-Obradović, Z., Meletis, E., Kostoulas, P., Cabezas-Cruz, A., Banović, P. 2023. Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Borrelia burgdorferi Seroprevalence in Balkan Tick-Infested Individuals: A Two-Centre Study. Pathogens. 12 (7): 922.

4. Simin, V., Mijatović, D., Tomanović, S., Čabrilo, B., Miljević, M., Bogdan, I., Banović, P. 2020. Borellia burgdorferi infection in removed ticks and anti-borrelia antibodies in infested patients admitted to the Pasteur Institute, Novi Sad. Veterinarski glasnik. 74 (2): 164-177