Miklos Gyuranecz

@vmri.hu

Zoonotic Bacteriology and Mycoplasmology
Veterinary Medical Research Institute

I am a DVM, PhD, DSc, habil, Dipl. ECVM, head of a 15-member research group and the vice director of the Veterinary Medical Research Institute, an honorary professor at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary and the director of the Mycoplasma diagnostic & biotech company, MolliScience Ltd. I am the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and three book chapters. My laboratory served as an OIE reference laboratory between 2015 and 2018. Currently I am the supervisor of six graduated and three active PhD students.

EDUCATION

2021 De facto Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Microbiology
2021 DSc (Doctor of Science), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
2019 Habilitation, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hungary
2011 PhD (Summa cum laude), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Hungary
2007 DVM and BSc in wildlife management, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Hungary

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am keenly interested in infectious diseases, particularly bacterial pathogens. My current work is primarily on mycoplasmosis but I also work with a variety of other diseases, including tularemia, brucellosis and Q fever.

FUTURE PROJECTS

National Laboratory of Infectious Animal Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Veterinary Public Health and Food Chain Safety

The establishment of the laboratory is of key importance for the national economy, since the rapid recognition of infectious diseases, along with effective prevention and treatment are especially important due to the large number of farm animals in Hungary and the annual increase in revenue they generate. Also playing an important role in the project is the study of the increasingly alarming spread of antimicrobial resistance, especially with regard to the possibility of its transfer from animals to humans. The laboratory's innovative competences and modern infrastructural capacity not only further the nation's human and animal health, they also increase the international competitiveness of domestic livestock breeding.


Applications Invited
PhD students, post-docs

Development of diagnostic and control procedures for infectious diseases of domestic and wild bird species with high economic and public health risk

Most of VMRI's research groups are involved in the research project. The project’s main objectives were generated by the animal health problems caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites that threaten the competitiveness of poultry industry, and that could lead to market improvements for the sector. Research directions have been identified that can effectively help to address the current challenges in poultry nutrition, food chain safety and zoonoses.


Applications Invited
PhD students, post-docs

National Laboratory of Health Safety

The aim of the Health Safety National Laboratory is to create a scientific basis for decision-making in Hungary based on data and analysis in the areas of health care, epidemic prevention and ecological systems. The project encompasses research carried out in the fields of epidemic mathematics, epidemic ecology, invasion biology and data-driven health care, among other topics. The laboratory unites and coordinates the research groups operating in this area in Hungary in an insular fashion along the "One Health" concept, thereby supporting networking and the creation of an effectively collaborative and internationally competitive research community.


Applications Invited
PhD students, post-docs
151

Scopus Publications

4210

Scholar Citations

36

Scholar h-index

97

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • European Ring Test on the Differentiation of Wild-Type Mycoplasma synoviae and the MS-H Vaccine Strains in Clinical Samples
    CM Jimenez, Z Kreizinger, M Gyuranecz, P Cargill
    Poultry Science, 107166 , 2026
    2026
  • Real-time monitoring of metabolic plasticity in Mycoplasma gallisepticum under varying nutrient conditions via DART-HRMS
    M Bottinelli, C Zacometti, A Massaro, A Tondo, D Prataviera, B Colò, ...
    Scientific Reports , 2026
    2026
  • Mycoplasma, antibiotics in lay, and Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
    CJ Morrow, RA Achari, M Charles, GF Browning, JHP Ho, M Cai, ...
    Poultry Science, 107095 , 2026
    2026
  • Identification and detection of genetic markers associated with antimicrobial susceptibility and evaluation of efflux pump mechanisms in Mycoplasma iowae
    D Buni, ÁB Kovács, E Wehmann, D Grózner, K Bányai, EZ Nagy, ...
    PloS one 21 (4), e0347345 , 2026
    2026
  • Supplementary data–Mycoplasma hyorhinis vaccine strain–Nagy, 2026
    EZ Nagy, L Szeredi, D Földi, N Belecz, ÁB Kovács, KM Sulyok, D Grózner, ...
    ARP , 2026
    2026
  • Development of Nanopore amplicon sequencing method for culture-free genotyping of Bacillus anthracis strains directly from environmental samples
    Á Nagy, GE Tóth, P Sály, CI Pereszlényi, GC Babinszky, L Makrai, ...
    Frontiers in Microbiology 17, 1771578 , 2026
    2026
  • Development and efficacy test of a live, attenuated Mycoplasma hyorhinis vaccine candidate strain
    EZ Nagy, L Szeredi, D Földi, N Belecz, ÁB Kovács, KM Sulyok, D Grózner, ...
    Vaccine 75, 128278 , 2026
    2026
  • Genome-wide association study of Mycoplasma anserisalpingitidis strains for antibiotic susceptibility
    ÁB Kovács, E Wehmann, K Bekő, D Grózner, K Bali, Z Kreizinger, ...
    Scientific Reports , 2026
    2026
  • Advancing standardization of diagnostics and antimicrobial susceptibility testing for pathogenic mycoplasmas of livestock origin: insights from the MyMIC network
    M Jaÿ, SM Klose, M Bottinelli, T Autio, CAM Becker, J Bokma, C Boland, ...
    BMC Veterinary Research 21 (1), 712 , 2025
    2025
  • Molecular detection of antimicrobial resistance in livestock mycoplasmas: current status and future prospects
    KM Sulyok, Z Kreizinger, D Földi, ÁB Kovács, D Grózner, L Manso-Silván, ...
    Frontiers in Veterinary Science 12, 1699077 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Temperature-dependent survival of Mycoplasma anserisalpingitidis in water: implications for biosecurity and transmission in waterfowl farming
    A Sawicka-Durkalec, Z Kreizinger, D Grózner, O Kursa, G Tomczyk, ...
    BMC Veterinary Research 21 (1), 603 , 2025
    2025
  • Cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma (M.) hyopharyngis, M. hyopneumoniae, M. hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in fattening pigs (secondary publication)
    NE Zsofia, F Dorottya, M Fruzsina, W Eniko, O Adel, K Andras, B Laszlo, ...
    MAGYAR ALLATORVOSOK LAPJA 147 (10), 597-608 , 2025
    2025
  • Mycoplasma (M.) hyopharyngis, M. hyopneumoniae, M. hyorhinis és M. hyosynoviae előfordulási gyakoriságának felmérése hízósertésekben (Rövidített másodközlés).
    NE Zsófia, F Dorottya, M Fruzsina, W Enikő, O Adél, K András, B László, ...
    Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja 147 (10) , 2025
    2025
  • Monitoring how the metabolic behavior of mycoplasmas is affected by the nutrients: a proof-of-concept demonstration on Mycoplasma gallisepticum by DART-HRMS
    M Bottinelli, C Zacometti, A Massaro, A Tondo, D Prataviera, B Colò, ...
    2025
  • Efficacy test of a Mycoplasma hyorhinis mRNA-LNP vaccine candidate
    EZ Nagy, L Szeredi, H Muramatsu, N Nagy, D Grózner, Z Kreizinger, ...
    Vaccine: X 25, 100684 , 2025
    2025
  • Genomic analysis of the 2017 Aotearoa New Zealand outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis and its position within the global population structure
    BM Binney, E Gias, J Foxwell, A Little, PJ Biggs, N French, C Lambert, ...
    Frontiers in Microbiology 16, 1600146 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma hyopharyngis , Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae , Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in the tonsils of …
    EZ Nagy, D Földi, F Madzig, E Wehmann, A Orosz, A Kempf, L Buza, ...
    Porcine Health Management 11 (1), 11 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae in commercial poultry: current control strategies and future challenges
    A Feberwee, N Ferguson-Noel, S Catania, M Bottinelli, N Wawagema, ...
    Avian Pathology 54 (2), 168-174 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 12
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Mycoplasma hyosynoviae strains isolated from five European countries between 2018 and 2023
    U Klein, D Földi, EZ Nagy, L Tóth, N Belecz, K Költő, E Wehmann, ...
    Scientific Reports 15 (1), 1243 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Development and evaluation of a harmonized antimicrobial susceptibility testing method for porcine Mycoplasma hyorhinis
    L Käbisch, AK Schink, D Höltig, J Verspohl, M Gyuranecz, J Spergser, ...
    Abstract booklet: 10th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and … , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Tularaemia: clinical aspects in Europe
    M Maurin, M Gyuranecz
    The Lancet Infectious Diseases 16 (1), 113-124 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 347
  • Worldwide phylogenetic relationship of avian poxviruses
    M Gyuranecz, JT Foster, Á Dán, HS Ip, KF Egstad, PG Parker, ...
    Journal of virology 87 (9), 4938-4951 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 191
  • Melt analysis of mismatch amplification mutation assays (Melt-MAMA): a functional study of a cost-effective SNP genotyping assay in bacterial models
    DN Birdsell, T Pearson, EP Price, HM Hornstra, RD Nera, N Stone, ...
    PLoS One 7 (3), e32866 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 128
  • Investigation of the Ecology of Francisella tularensis During an Inter-Epizootic Period
    M Gyuranecz, K Rigó, Á Dán, G Földvári, L Makrai, B Dénes, L Fodor, ...
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11 (8), 1031-1035 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 114
  • Detection of Brucella Canis –Induced Reproductive Diseases in a Kennel
    M Gyuranecz, L Szeredi, Z Rónai, B Dénes, L Dencso, Á Dán, N Pálmai, ...
    Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation 23 (1), 143-147 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 112
  • Molecular detection of vector-borne bacteria in bat ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) from eight countries of the Old and New Worlds
    S Hornok, K Szőke, ML Meli, AD Sándor, T Görföl, P Estók, Y Wang, VT Tu, ...
    Parasites & vectors 12 (1), 50 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 104
  • Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica, Europe
    M Gyuranecz, DN Birdsell, W Splettstoesser, E Seibold, ...
    Emerging infectious diseases 18 (2), 290 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 98
  • Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Hungary: Screening of Dairy Cows, Sheep, Commercial Milk Samples, and Ticks
    M Gyuranecz, B Dénes, S Hornok, P Kovács, G Horváth, V Jurkovich, ...
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 12 (8), 650-653 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 91
  • Mutations associated with decreased susceptibility to seven antimicrobial families in field and laboratory-derived Mycoplasma bovis strains
    KM Sulyok, Z Kreizinger, E Wehmann, I Lysnyansky, K Bányai, S Marton, ...
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 61 (2), 10.1128/aac. 01983-16 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 89
  • Synanthropic Birds Associated with High Prevalence of Tick-Borne Rickettsiae and with the First Detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hungary
    S Hornok, T Csörgő, J de la Fuente, M Gyuranecz, C Privigyei, ML Meli, ...
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 13 (2), 77-83 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 88
  • First detection of bartonellae in a broad range of bat ectoparasites.
    S Hornok, R Kovács, ML Meli, E Gönczi, R Hofmann-Lehmann, ...
    Veterinary Microbiology 159 (3-4), 541-543 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 83
  • Tularemia of European Brown Hare ( Lepus europaeus ) A Pathological, Histopathological, and Immunohistochemical Study
    M Gyuranecz, L Szeredi, L Makrai, L Fodor, ÁR Mészáros, B Szépe, ...
    Veterinary Pathology 47 (5), 958-963 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 79
  • Unique genomic organization of a novel Avipoxvirus detected in turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
    K Bányai, V Palya, B Dénes, R Glávits, É Ivanics, B Horváth, SL Farkas, ...
    Infection, Genetics and Evolution 35, 221-229 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 67
  • First isolation and characterization of Brucella microti from wild boar
    Z Rónai, Z Kreizinger, Á Dán, K Drees, JT Foster, K Bányai, S Marton, ...
    BMC veterinary research 11 (1), 147 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 67
  • Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Mycoplasma bovis strains isolated from cattle in Hungary, Central Europe
    KM Sulyok, Z Kreizinger, L Fekete, V Hrivnák, T Magyar, S Jánosi, ...
    BMC veterinary research 10 (1), 256 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 67
  • New antimicrobial susceptibility data from monitoring of Mycoplasma bovis isolated in Europe
    U Klein, A de Jong, M Youala, F El Garch, C Stevenin, H Moyaert, M Rose, ...
    Veterinary microbiology 238, 108432 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 63
  • Screening of bat faeces for arthropod-borne apicomplexan protozoa: Babesia canis and Besnoitia besnoiti -like sequences from Chiroptera
    S Hornok, P Estók, D Kováts, B Flaisz, N Takács, K Szőke, A Krawczyk, ...
    Parasites & Vectors 8 (1), 441 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 63
  • Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Mycoplasma synoviae strains originating from Central and Eastern Europe
    Z Kreizinger, D Grózner, KM Sulyok, K Nilsson, V Hrivnák, D Benčina, ...
    BMC veterinary research 13 (1), 342 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 60
  • A serosurvey of flavivirus infection in horses and birds in Slovakia
    T Csank, P Drzewnioková, Ľ Korytár, P Major, M Gyuranecz, J Pistl, ...
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 18 (4), 206-213 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 57
  • Q fever epidemic in Hungary, April to July 2013
    M Gyuranecz, KM Sulyok, E Balla, T Mag, A Balazs, Z Simor, B Dénes, ...
    Eurosurveillance 19 (30), 20863 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 51

GRANT DETAILS

2022-2027 Lendület II (Momentum) program
2022-2026 National Laboratory of Infectious Animal Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Veterinary Public Health and Food Chain Safety
2022-2026 National Laboratory of Health Safety
2022-2025 Improving the diagnostics and control of production and zoonotic diseases of poultry and wild birds
2021-2023 Antimicrobial resistance in animal production
2021-2025 Characterization of Mycoplasma iowae strains and improving the therapy of infection
2019-2023 Novel strategies in Mycoplasma control
2019-2021 Pan-European resistance monitoring program of M. hyorhinis
2018-2020 Mycopath III: Pan-European resistance monitoring program of M. bovis, M. hypneumoniae, M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae
2017-2021 Studying the virulence mechanisms of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae
2016-2020 Improving the control of Mycoplasma synoviae infection
2015-2016 Mycopath II: Pan-European resistance monitoring program of M. bovis, M. hypneumoniae, M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae
2013-2016 EU FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1:
2012-2017 Lendület I (Momentum) program
2012 National Institute of Health – USA (NIH) travel grant
2012 Hungarian Academy of Sciences Junior Travel Award
2010-2012 Mycopath I: Pan-European resistance monitoring program of M. bovis, M. hypneumoniae, M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae
2009-2012 Comparative characterization of Francisella tularensis strains

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

- P 21 00357: Live, attenuated Mycoplasma anserisalpingitidis vaccine candidate
- Beside fundamental research we provide diagnostic, contract and training services globally.
- We produce In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) under our own brand and sell know-how under royalty agreement to different producers.
- We are proud that BioChek B.V. (The Netherlands), the global market leader company in the field of poultry diagnostics, has bought under a royalty agreement our DIVA tests which differentiate Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae wild-type and vaccine strains.

CONSULTANCY

My team collaborate with farmers, veterinarians, contract sponsors and academic institutions. Our multidisciplinary team is qualified and experienced in conducting a wide range of studies from laboratory related research and development projects, via animal facility based experiments to field studies.

We also provide diagnostic services globally. During our servicies we help to design the sampling to be the most appropriate and cost-effective for each special case. We help to interpret the results and give personal advice, such as what additional diagnostic tests can be performed. We are also able to suggest treatment options as well as eradication and control measures such as vaccination or monitoring plan.

Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration

We collaborate with several research institutions, like:
- University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Slovakia
- University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Royal GD, the Netherlands
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Venezie, Italy
- Kimron Veterinary Institute, Israel
- The University of Melbourne, Australia
- ANSES, France

We have several industry partners, like:
- Bioproperties Pty LtD., Australia
- Huvepharma NV, Belgium
- CEVA Sante Animale, France
- BioChek BV, the Netherlands
- FarmPharma, Sweden

STARTUP

We opened MolliScience Ltd., our Startup company specialised on Mycoplasma diagnostic & biotech services. We turn our know-how and fundamental research results into application. We develop In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) under our own brand and we run vaccine invention research projects.