Lela Riley
Professor
  • PhD, University of Kansas

    • RileyL@missouri.edu

    Research emphasis: Dr. Riley's research interests focus on the pathogenesis of bacterial and viral infectious agents and on development of novel molecular diagnostics. Research projects include investigations on rodent Helicobacter species, rodent parvoviruses, and characterization of the idiopathic agent that causes severe pulmonary disease in rats.

    Teaching: Laboratory Animal Medicine

    Selected publications:

    Nietfeld JC, Fickbohm BL, Rogers DG, Franklin CL, Riley LK. Isolation of cilia-associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus from pigs and calves and experimental infection of gnotobiotic pigs and rodents. J Vet Diagn Invest 11:252-258.

    Franklin CL, Pletz JD, Riley LK, Livingston BA, Hook Jr. RR, Besch-Williford CL. Nasal swabs as alternative samples for PCR detection of the cilia-associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus. Lab Anim Sci 49:114-117.

    Van Andel RA, Hook Jr. RR, Franklin CL, Besch-Williford CL, Riley LK. Interleukin-6 is involved in determining the course of murine Tyzzer's disease but not strain susceptibility to infection. J Med Microbiol 49:171-176.

    Franklin CL, Riley LK, Livingston RS, Beckwith CS, Hook Jr. RR, Besch-Williford CL, Hunziker R, Gorelick PL. Enteric lesions in SCID mice infected with "Helicobacter typhlonicus," a novel urease-negative Helicobacter species. Lab Anim Sci 49:496-505.

    Livingston RS, Riley LK, Hook Jr. RR, Besch-Williford CL. Cloning and expression of an immunogenic membrane-associated protein of Helicobacter hepaticus for use in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 6:745-750.

    St. Clair MB, Besch-Williford CL, Riley LK, Hook Jr. RR, Franklin CL. Experimentally induced infection of gerbils with cilia-associated respiratory bacillus. Lab Anim Sci 49:421-423.

    Besselsen DG, Gibson SV, Besch-Williford CL, Purdy GA, Knowles RL, Wagner JE, Pintel DJ, Franklin CL, Hook Jr. RR, Riley LK. Lab Anim Sci 49:308-312.

    Kennett MJ, Hook Jr. RR, Riley LK, Franklin CL. Acanthamoeba castellanii: Characterization of an adhesin molecule. Exper Parasitol 92:161-169.