Dr. Goran Vignjević

University of Osijek,

Department of Biology

Osijek, Croatia

Topics of interest: Medical entomology

BAVBD contribution:

Offering expertise in biology and ecology of mosquitoes: controlling measures (integrated control, biological control - Bti, SIT) monitoring of autochthonous and invasive species, transmission of pathogens, with implementation of the OneHealth concept. Molecular identification of cryptic species.

Searching for knowledge transfer for exploration of insecticide resistance and determination of pathogens in insect vectors on molecular level.

References:

Vignjević, Goran; Bušić, Nataša; Turić, Nataša; Varga, Zsaklin; Zana, Brigitta; Ábrahám, Ágota; Kurucz, Kornélia; Vrućina, Ivana; Merdić, Enrih First Detection of West Nile Virus Lineage 2 in Culex pipiens Vectors in Croatia // Pathogens, 13 (2024), 12; 1131-1144. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13121131

Bušić, Nataša; Landeka, Nediljko; Žitko, Toni; Vignjević, Goran; Turić, Nataša; Sudarić Bogojević, Mirta; Merdić, Enrih; Kučinić, Mladen; Bruvo Mađarić, Branka A DNA barcode reference library of Croatian mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): implications for identification and delimitation of species, with notes on the distribution of potential vector species // Parasites & Vectors, 17 (2024), 1; 216, 1. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06291-9

Vrućina, Ivana; Merdić, Enrih; Bušić, Nataša; Vignjević, Goran; Turić, Nataša; Sudarić Bogojević, Mirta; Davidović, Ramona-Ana; Zahirović, Željko; Landeka, Nediljko; Žitko,Toni Presence of the invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) - 20 years in Croatia (2004 - 2024) // 6th International Symposium of the Croatian Entomological Society (MSHED 2025): Book of Abstracts / Vrućina, Ivana ; Vignjević, Goran, editor(s). Osijek: Croatian Entomological Society, 2025.

Janssen, Nele; Graovac, Nataša; Vignjević, Goran; Sudarić Bogojević, Mirta; Turić, Nataša; Klobučar, Ana; Kavran, Mihaela; Petrić, Dušan; Ignjatović Ćupina, Aleksandra; Fischer, Susanne et al. Rapid spread and population genetics of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in southeastern Europe (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia) // PLoS One, (2020), 1; 1, 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241235

Merdić, Enrih; Klobučar, Ana; Žitko, Toni; Sudarić Bogojević, Mirta; Vrućina, Ivana; Turić, Nataša; Vignjević, Goran Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Croatia // Journal of vector ecology, (2020), 45(1); 135-139

Merdić, Enrih ; Kujavec, Martina ; Kovačević, Marija ; Žulj, Martina ; Graovac, Nataša ; Vignjević, Goran ; Turić, Nataša Culex torrentium (Martini), a new species in Croatian mosquito fauna // Natura Croatica, 27 (2018), 2; 323-329. doi: 10.20302/NC.2018.27.21

Merdić, Enrih ; Perić, Ljiljana ; Pandak, Nenad ; Kurolt, Ivan Christian ; Turić, Nataša ; Vignjević, Goran ; Štolfa, Ivna ; Milas, Josip ; Sudarić Bogojević, Mirta ; Markotić, Alemka West Nile virus outbreak in humans in Croatia, 2012 // Collegium antropologicum, 37 (2013), 3; 943-947

Vignjević, Goran ; Vrućina, Ivana ; Šestak, Ivana ; Turić, Nataša ; Sudarić Bogojević, Mirta ; Merdić, Enrih Equine seroprevalence rates as an additional indicator for a more accurate risk assessment of the West Nile Virus transmission // Collegium antropologicum, 37 (2013), 3; 949-956