Jaroslav Flegr

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Charles University

Czech Republic

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Professor Jaroslav Flegr is a faculty member at Charles University in the Czech Republic. His research primarily focuses on chronic infections, including toxoplasmosis and its behavioral and health implications, as well as topics in evolutionary psychology related to altruism, superstition, and cognition. His recent publications reflect a diverse range of interests, including the impact of COVID-19 on health and cognitive function, and the interactions between fertility and sexual orientation.

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Josef Vcelak

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Institute of Endocrinology

CZECH REPUBLIC

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Konrad Talmont-Kaminski

Bialystok University of Technology

POLAND

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Petr Tureček

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Charles University

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Daniel D. Novotný

Assistant Professor

University of South Bohemia

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Articles (23)

Crusaders, monks and family fortunes: evolutionary models of male homosexuality and related phenomena

Superstitions, Religious Identity, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs in Secularized Czechia

Beyond Latency: Chronic Toxoplasma Infection and Its Unveiled Behavioral and Clinical Manifestations—A 30-Year Research Perspective

Special Issue: Chronic inflammation in pregnant women with latent toxoplasmosis and explanation of discordant results of serological tests for toxoplasmosis

The Evolutionary Roots of Familial Altruism: Paternity Uncertainty Shapes Patterns of Kindness

Thirty years of studying latent toxoplasmosis: behavioural, physiological, and health insights

Fertility of Czech Gay and Straight Men, Women, and Their Relatives: Testing the Sexually Antagonistic Gene Hypothesis

Cognitive Effects of Toxoplasma and CMV Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study of 557 Young Adults Considering Modulation by Sex and Rh Factor

Does Viewing Cats and Dogs Influence People’s Mood, Optimism, and the Desire to Have Children?

Persistent Health and Cognitive Impairments up to Four Years Post-COVID-19 in Young Students: The Impact of Virus Variants and Vaccination Timing

How virtue signalling makes us better: moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices

Exposing and exploiting host–parasite arms race clues in SARS-CoV-2: a principally new method for improved T cell immunogenicity prediction

Presence of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in human semen: Toxoplasmosis as a potential sexually transmissible infection

Parasitic manipulation or side effects? The effects of past Toxoplasma gondii and Borrelia spp. infections on human personality and cognitive performance are not mediated by impaired health

COVID’s long shadow: How SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 severity, and vaccination status affect long-term cognitive performance and health

Is recovery just the beginning? Persistent symptoms and health and performance deterioration in post-COVID-19, non-hospitalized university students—a cross-sectional study

Retraction Note: Differences in cognitive functions between cytomegalovirus-infected and cytomegalovirus-free university students: a case control study

The effects of 105 biological, socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental factors on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and a severe course of COVID-19: a prospective, explorative cohort study

Toxoplasmosis is a risk factor for acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection and a severe course of COVID-19 in the Czech and Slovak population: a preregistered exploratory internet cross-sectional study

The importance of being heterozygote: effects of RHD-genotype-sex interaction on the physical and mental health of a non-clinical population

Association between latent toxoplasmosis and fertility parameters of men

The role of balancing selection in maintaining human RhD blood group polymorphism: A preregistered cross‐sectional study

Rhesus-minus phenotype as a predictor of sexual desire and behavior, wellbeing, mental health, and fecundity

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Josef Vcelak

Konrad Talmont-Kaminski

Petr Tureček

Daniel D. Novotný

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