Felix N. Toka, DVM, PhD, DSc, DACVM
Dr. Toka specializes in viral diseases of laboratory animals and livestock, and held various research positions in Poland, Zambia and the USA. He is a member of the American Association of Immunologist, Polish Immunological Society and Chambers of Veterinary Surgeons of Poland and Zambia
Education
DVM Warsaw Agricultural University
PHD Warsaw Agricultural University
DSC Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Research
Host-pathogen interaction, molecular mechanisms of immune response to viral infections, viral immunology
Achievements
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 1996-present
Laboratory Grant Award - American Association of Immunologists, 2013
Top Reviewer Award, Editor-in-Chief, Immunology Letters, 2012
Bronze Service Medal, Warsaw University of Life Science, Awarded by the President of Poland, May 2012
Junior Faculty Grant Award - American Association of Immunologists, 2009
Silver Cross Service Medal for achievements in Veterinary Education and
fostering Zambian-Polish Scientific relationship – Awarded by the
President of Poland- 2005
Publication Highlights
Laura Sacarrão-Birrento, Leslie J. S. Harrison, Ronel Pienaar, Felix N. Toka, Juan F. J. Torres-Acosta, Vinícius Longo Ribeiro Vilela, Lorenzo E. Hernández-Castellano, Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordán, Yosra Ahmed Soltan, Rodolfo Ungerfeld, Sezen Özkan, Sofia van Harten, Enea Ferlizza, Paul Rossiter, Amlan Kumar Patra, Aysel Caglan Gunal, Carolina Paula Bianchi, Jože Starič, Gilliard Lach & André M. de Almeida (2024). Challenges for Animal Health and Production in the Tropics and Mediterranean for the next 55 years. Editorial, Trop. Anim. Prod. Health 56:381. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11250-024-04212-7.
Simon Watler, Felix Ngosa Toka, Hélène Lardé, Antionette Johnson and Patrick Rik Butaye*, 2024. Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotypes, isolated from imported, farmed and feral poultry in the Cayman Islands. Front. Vet. Sci. - Veterinary Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1331916.
Biernacka Z, Gregorczyk-Zboroch K, Lasocka I, Ostrowska A, Struzik J, Gieryńska M, Toka FN, Szulc-Dąbrowska L., Ectromelia Virus Affects the Formation and Spatial Organization of Adhesive Structures in Murine Dendritic Cells In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 31;25(1):558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25010558.
Lidia Szulc-Dąbrowska *, Zuzanna Biernacka, Michał Koper, Justyna Struzik, Małgorzata Gieryńska, Ada Schollenberger, Iwona Lasocka, Felix N. Toka *, Differential activation of splenic cCD1 and cCD2 cell subsets following poxvirus infection of BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. Cells 2024, 13(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13010013.
King A., French H., Toka F., Bandlow KS., Chigerwe M., Determination of minimum individual cow colostral immunoglobulin G concentration required to provide adequate total immunoglobulin G mass in pooled colostrum fed to Jersey calves. AVMA, (2024) https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.23.08.0429
Małgorzata Gieryńska, Lidia Szulc-Dąbrowska, Justyna Struzik, Karolina Gregorczyk-Zboroch, Matylda B. Mielcarska, Felix N. Toka, Ada Schollenberger, Zuzanna Biernacka. Orthopoxvirus zoonosis – do we still remember and are ready to fight? Pathogens, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030363
Darryn L. Knobel1, Anne Conan, Felix N. Toka, Sintayehu M. Arega, Charles Byaruhanga, Eric Ogola, Erick M. O. Muok, Jan E. Crafford, Andrew L. Leisewitz, Melvyn Quan, Mary Anna Thrall. (2022). Sex‑differential non‑specific effects of adjuvanted and non‑adjuvanted rabies vaccines versus placebo on all‑cause mortality in dogs (NERVE‑Dog study): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial with a nested case–control study. BMC Veterinary Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03455-6
Matylda Barbara Mielcarska, Katarzyna Skowrońska, Zbigniew Wyżewski, Felix Ngosa Toka (2022). Disrupting neurons and glial cells oneness in the brain – the possible causal role of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in Alzheimer's disease. Int. J. Mol. Sci. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23010242.
Arega SM, Knobel DL, Toka FN, Conan A., (2022). Non-specific effects of veterinary vaccines: a systematic review. Vaccine. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.034
Branford I., Boyen F., Johnson S., Zayas S., Chapwanya A., Butaye P., Toka FN (2021). Identification and antimicrobial resistance of Dermatophilus congolensis from cattle in St Kitts. Vet. Sci. 2021, 8(7), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8070135
Current Projects
Immunity to Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in dogs.
Capnocytophaga spp. in dogs and cats.
Certifications
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, subspecialty Immunology
Clinical Research and Good Clinical Practice
