C. Andrew Carson
Professor
VMD, University of Pennsylvania
MS, Texas A&M University PhD, University of Illinois
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
Research emphasis: The major focus of Dr. Carson's research is water quality. Emphasis is on advancing technology for identification of human and nonhuman sources of fecal pollution in waterways. His laboratory is also engaged in bacterial source tracking services based on DNA fingerprinting methods.
Teaching: Bacteriology
Selected publications:
Nevils MA, Figueroa JM, Turk JR, Canto GJ, Le V, Ellersieck MR, Carson CA: Cloned lines of Babesia bovis differ in their ability to induce cerebral babesiosis in cattle. Parasitol Res 86:437-443, 2000.
Carson, C.A., Shear, B.L., Ellersieck, M.R., Asfaw, A.: Identification of
Fecal Escherichia coli from Humans and Animals by Ribotyping. Applied
and Environmental Microbiology 67 (2001): 1503-1507.
Carson, C.A., Shear, B.L., Ellersieck, M.R. and Schnell, J.D.: Comparison
of Ribotyping and Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic-PCR for Identification
of Fecal Escherichia coli from Humans and Animals. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 69 (2003): 1836-1839.