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National Institute of Mental Health: Klecany, CZ

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Šárka Kaňková

Charles University, Faculty of Science: Prague, CZ

(Faculty of Science, Department of Philosophy and History of Science)
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Disgust sensitivity in pregnancy: Individual differences and longitudinal changes

2020-01 to 2022-12 | Grant
Czech Science Foundation (Prague , CZ)
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20-16698S
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Works (35)

Disgust sensitivity in the first trimester predicts anxiety levels in advanced pregnancy

Midwifery
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.MIDW.2025.104357
WOSUID: WOS:001445504100001
Contributors: Lea Takács; Jana Ullmann; Daniela Dlouhá; Catherine Monk; Kamila Nouzová; Hana Hrbáčková; Šárka Kaňková
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Perception of Tactile Disgust: The Role of Object Characteristics, Sensitivity to Different Disgust Subscales and Fear

Evolutionary Psychological Science
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S40806-024-00423-1
WOSUID: WOS:001384978000001
Contributors: Dlouha, Daniela; Kankova, Sarka
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Predictors of inter-individual variation in nausea and vomiting in pregnancy in two samples of women attending a pregnancy clinic

Midwifery
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.MIDW.2024.104274
WOSUID: WOS:001422337700001
Contributors: Roberts, Katerina; Havlicek, Jan; Roberts, S. Craig; Calda, Pavel; Kankova, Sarkaarka
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The course of women's emotions from early pregnancy to the postpartum period

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2025.2466622
WOSUID: WOS:001432905800001
Contributors: Takacs, Lea; Putnam, Samuel P.; Monk, Catherine; Kankova, Sarka; Ullmann, Jana; Abuaish, Sameera; Kreisinger, Jakub
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Cognitive Effects of <i>Toxoplasma</i> and CMV Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study of 557 Young Adults Considering Modulation by Sex and Rh Factor

Pathogens
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/PATHOGENS13050363
WOSUID: WOS:001231776700001
Contributors: Flegr, Jaroslav; Chvatalova, Veronika; Priplatova, Lenka; Turecek, Petr; Kodym, Petr; Sebankova, Blanka; Kankova, Sarka
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Comparing disgust sensitivity in women in early pregnancy and non-pregnant women in the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle

Evolution and Human Behavior
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.EVOLHUMBEHAV.2024.01.006
WOSUID: WOS:001218701800001
Contributors: Dlouha, Daniela; Ullmann, Jana; Takacs, Lea; Nouzova, Kamila; Hrbackova, Hana; Seda, Jan; Kankova, Sarka
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Disgust as a primary emotional system and its clinical relevance

Frontiers in Psychology
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/FPSYG.2024.1454774
WOSUID: WOS:001314635300001
Contributors: Tolchinsky, Alexey; Ellis, George F. R.; Levin, Michael; Kankova, Sarka; Burgdorf, Jeffrey S.
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Fertility of Czech Gay and Straight Men, Women, and Their Relatives: Testing the Sexually Antagonistic Gene Hypothesis

Archives of Sexual Behavior
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S10508-024-02827-3
WOSUID: WOS:001181011100001
Contributors: Fort, Jakub; Flegr, Jaroslav; Kuba, Radim; Kankova, Sarka
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Maternal negative affect in pregnancy predicts cytokine levels which in turn predict birth outcomes - A prospective longitudinal study in a low-risk population

Journal of Affective Disorders
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.JAD.2024.08.141
WOSUID: WOS:001312869300001
Contributors: Takacs, Lea; Abuaish, Sameera; Kankova, Sarka; Hill, Martin; Ullmann, Jana; Vcelak, Josef; Monk, Catherine
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Oral Sex as a Potential Route for <i>Toxoplasma Gondii</i> Transmission: Experiment with Human Semen and Laboratory Mice Model

Acta Parasitologica
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S11686-024-00848-5
WOSUID: WOS:001208256000003
Contributors: Ullmann, Jana; Kodym, Petr; Flegr, Jaroslav; Berenova, Dagmar; Jirsova, Simona; Kankova, Sarka
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Association between Disgust Sensitivity during Pregnancy and Endogenous Steroids: A Longitudinal Study

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2024-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25136857
Contributors: Šárka Kaňková; Daniela Dlouhá; Jana Ullmann; Marta Velíková; Josef Vcelak; Martin Hill
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Pandemic elevates sensitivity to moral disgust but not pathogen disgust

Scientific Reports
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-023-35375-2
WOSUID: WOS:001065312000067
Contributors: Schwambergova, Dagmar; Kankova, Sarka; Fialova, Jitka Trebicka; Hlavacova, Jana; Havlicek, Jan
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Relationship between Latent Toxoplasmosis and Depression in Clients of a Center for Assisted Reproduction

Pathogens
2021-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10081052
Contributors: Jana Ullmann; Jaroslav Flegr; Kateřina Fiurašková; Šárka Kaňková
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Latent toxoplasmosis and vitamin D concentration in humans: three observational studies

Folia Parasitologica
2021-02-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.005
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Part of ISSN: 1803-6465
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Increased 25(OH)D3 level in redheaded people: Could redheadedness be an adaptation to temperate climate?

Experimental Dermatology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/EXD.14119
WOSUID: WOS:000543087100001
Contributors: Flegr, Jaroslav; Sykorova, Katerina; Fiala, Vojtech; Hlavacova, Jana; Bicikova, Marie; Macova, Ludmila; Kankova, Sarka
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Maternal RhD heterozygous genotype is associated with male biased secondary sex ratio

Early Human Development
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.EARLHUMDEV.2019.104864
WOSUID: WOS:000521116800026
Contributors: Kankova, Sarka; Flegr, Jaroslav; Toman, Jan; Calda, Pavel
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Oral sex: A new, and possibly the most dangerous, route of toxoplasmosis transmission

Medical Hypotheses
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.MEHY.2020.109725
WOSUID: WOS:000542189700004
Contributors: Kankova, S.; Hlavacova, J.; Flegr, J.
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The effects of pre- and post-partum depression on child behavior and psychological development from birth to pre-school age: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/S13643-019-1267-2
WOSUID: WOS:000554023000001
Contributors: Takacs, Lea; Kandrnal, Vit; Kankova, Sarka; Bartos, Frantisek; Mudrak, Jiri
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The effects of toxoplasmosis on sex ratio at birth

Early Human Development
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.EARLHUMDEV.2019.104874
WOSUID: WOS:000527923800009
Contributors: Flegr, Jaroslav; Kankova, Sarka
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The role of balancing selection in maintaining human RhD blood group polymorphism: A preregistered cross-sectional study

JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13745
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Latent toxoplasmosis and olfactory functions of Rh positive and Rh negative subjects

Plos One
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0209773
WOSUID: WOS:000454418200049
Contributors: Flegr, Jaroslav; Milinski, Manfred; Kankova, Sarka; Hula, Martin; Hlavacova, Jana; Sykorova, Katerina
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Lower performance of <i>Toxoplasma-infected</i>, Rh-negative subjects in the weight holding and hand-grip tests

Plos One
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0200346
WOSUID: WOS:000438457400048
Contributors: Flegr, Jaroslav; Sebankova, Blanka; Priplatova, Lenka; Chvatalova, Veronika; Kankova, Sarka
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An elevated blood glucose level and increased incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women with latent toxoplasmosis

Folia Parasitologica
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14411/FP.2015.056
WOSUID: WOS:000364843300001
Contributors: Kankova, Sarka; Flegr, Jaroslav; Calda, Pavel
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The influence of latent toxoplasmosis on women's reproductive function: four cross-sectional studies

Folia Parasitologica
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14411/FP.2015.041
WOSUID: WOS:000364836700001
Contributors: Kankova, Sarka; Flegr, Jaroslav; Calda, Pavel
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Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases in Pregnancy

PLOS ONE
2014-10-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110878
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Toxoplasmosis can be a sexually transmitted infection with serious clinical consequences. Not all routes of infection are created equal

MEDICAL HYPOTHESES
2014-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.05.019
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Šárka Kaňková
grade
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The relation of cortisol and sex hormone levels to results of psychological, performance, IQ and memory tests in military men and women

Neuroendocrinology Letters
2012 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000305037700019
Contributors: Flegr, Jaroslav; Hampl, Richard; Cernochova, Dana; Preiss, Marek; Bicikova, Marie; Sieger, Ladislav; Priplatova, Lenka; Kankova, Sarka; Klose, Jiri
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The relation of cortisol and sex hormone levels to results of psychological, performance, IQ and memory tests in military men and women

NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY LETTERS
2012 | Journal article
PMID: 22592206
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Slower postnatal motor development in infants of mothers with latent toxoplasmosis during the first 18 months of life

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
2012-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.07.001
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Šárka Kaňková
grade
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Direct evidence of Toxoplasma-induced changes in serum testosterone in mice

EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY
2011-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.03.014
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Šárka Kaňková
grade
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Modulation of immunity in mice with latent toxoplasmosis-the experimental support for the immunosuppression hypothesis of Toxoplasma-induced changes in reproduction of mice and humans

PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
2010-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2013-9
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Increased pregnancy weight gain in women with latent toxoplasmosis and RhD-positivity protection against this effect

PARASITOLOGY
2010-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000661
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Šárka Kaňková
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Influence of latent toxoplasmosis on the secondary sex ratio in mice

PARASITOLOGY
2007-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003253
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Šárka Kaňková
grade
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Longer pregnancy and slower fetal development in women with latent "asymptomatic" toxoplasmosis

BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2007-10-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-114
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Šárka Kaňková
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Women infected with parasite Toxoplasma have more sons

NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
2007-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0166-2
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Šárka Kaňková
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Peer review (10 reviews for 8 publications/grants)

Review activity for Acta Parasitologica (1)
Review activity for Archives of sexual behavior. (1)
Review activity for Evolutionary psychological science. (1)
Review activity for International journal of environmental research and public health (1)
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Review activity for Pathogens. (2)
Review activity for Personality and individual differences. (2)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)
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