About


Researcher at the Center for Infectious Animal Diseases at FTZ, CZU, specializing in ticks and tick-borne viruses, with a primary focus on CCHFV. Her research explores the coevolutionary dynamics between CCHFV and its vectors, alongside the ecology, evolution, emergence, and epidemiology of zoonotic infectious agents. Through ecological modeling, she investigates the drivers of disease and vector spread and assesses potential shifts in disease risk under climate change scenarios.

Publications


Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks, domestic, and wild animals


Seyma S. Celina, Jignesh Italiya, Allan Obonyom Tekkara, Jiří Černý

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2025


Hyalomma marginatum in Europe: The Past, Current Status, and Future Challenges—A Systematic Review


Seyma S. Celina, Jiří Černý

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2025


A First Look at the Relationship Between Large Herbivore-Induced Landscape Modifications and Ixodes ricinus Tick Abundance in Rewilding Sites.


Johana Alaverdyan, Seyma S. Celina, M. Jirků, M. Golovchenko, Jignesh Italiya, L. Grubhoffer, Natalie Rudenko, Jiří Černý

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2024


First Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in White Rhinoceros during a Small-Scale Coronavirus Surveillance in the Bandia Reserve, Senegal


Jignesh Italiya, Vojtěch Vacek, P. Matějů, Christopher J Dering, Seyma S. Celina, A. Ndiaye, J. Černý

Animals, 2023


Re-Emergence of BTV-4 in Sheep Farms in Kosovo, 2020: A Retrospective Study


Seyma S. Celina, Simon King, Martin Ashby, Katie Harris, Noemi Polo, M. Alishani, Avni Robaj, A. Hamidi, Driton Sylejmani, C. Batten, J. Černý

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2023


Coxiella burnetii in ticks, livestock, pets and wildlife: A mini-review


Seyma S. Celina, J. Černý

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022