schommers@missouri.edu
Research emphasis:
Development and improvement of molecular diagnostic tests, Viral evolution, viral sequence determinants of pathogenesis especially of swine respiratory pathogens.
Teaching:
Virology, molecular diagnostics, and serology in the veterinary professional curriculum.
Selected Publications:
Schommer, S.K. and Kleiboeker, S.B. 2006. Use of a PRRSV infectious clone to evaluate in vitro quasispecies evolution. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 581:435-8.
Kleiboeker, S.B.; Schommer S.K.; Lee, S.M.; Watkins, S.; Chittick, W.; Polson D. 2005. Simultaneous detection of North American and European porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus using real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 17(2):165-170.
Lee, S-M.; Schommer, S.K.; Kleiboeker, S.B. 2004. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus field isolates differ in in vitro interferon phenotypes. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 102(3):217-231.
Sun, Z.F.; Huang, F. F.; Halbur, P.G.; Schommer, S.K.; Pierson, F.W.; Toth, T.E.; Meng, X.J. 2003. Use of heteroduplex mobility assays (HMA) for pre- sequencing screening and identification of variant strains of avian and swine hepatitis E viruses. Veterinary Microbiology 96(2):165-176.
Kleiboeker, S.B.; Schommer, S.K.; Johnson, P.J.; Ehlers, B.; Turnquist, S.E.; Boucher, M.; Kreeger, J.M. 2002. Association of two newly-recognized herpesviruses with interstitial pneumonia in donkeys (Equus asinus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 14(4):273-280.
Huang, F.F.; Haqsheans, G.; Guenette, D.K.; Halbur, P.G.; Schommer, S.K.; Pierson, F.W. ; Toth, T.E.; and Meng, X.J. 2002. Detection by RT-PCR and genetic characterization of field isolates of swine hepatitis E virus from pigs in different geographic regions of the United States. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40:1326-1332.
Kleiboeker, S.B.; Miller, M.A.; Schommer, S.K.; Ramos-Vara, J.A.; Boucher, M.; Turnquist, S.E. 2002. Detection and multigenic characterization of a herpesvirus causing malignant catarrhal fever in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Missouri. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40:1311-1318.
Schommer, S.K.; Carpenter, S.L.; and Paul, P.S. 2000. Comparison of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Growth in Media Supplemented with Fetal Bovine Serum or a Serum Replacement. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 13:276-279.
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