Susan R Compton PhD
Research Scientist in Comparative Medicine; Director, Molecular, Serological and Virological Diagnostics
Departments & Organizations

Comparative Medicine
Molecular Virology
Research Interests
Pathogenesis of rodent viral infections; Diagnostic Virology; Bacterial Expression Systems; Communicable Diseases; Disease Control; Disease Model; Eukaryotic Expression Systems; Gastrointestinal Infection; Host Organism Interaction; Immunization; Immunoassay; Infectious Diseases/Agents; Intestinal Mucosa; Laboratory Mouse; Laboratory Rat; Molecular Probes; Murine Hepatitis Virus; Norovirus; Parvovirus; Pathogenesis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rat Coronavirus; Receptor Binding; Respiratory Diseases; RT-RCR; Serology; Sialodacryoadenitis Virus; Site Directed Mutagenesis; Vaccine; Viral Studies; Virion; Virology; Virulence; Virus Infection Mechanism; Virus Protein; Virus Receptor; Western Blotting more...
Education
- B.S., Bucknell University, 1981
- Ph.D., Uniformed Services University, 1988
Selected Publications
- Compton, S.R., F.X. Paturzo and J.D. Macy. (2010) Effect of Murine Norovirus Infection on Mouse Parvovirus Infection. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 49(10) 11-21.
- Macy, J.D., F.X. Paturzo, L.J. Ball-Goodrich and S.R. Compton. (2009) A PCR-based Strategy for Detection of Mouse Parvovirus. J. Am. Assoc. Lab. Sci. 48(3) 263-267
- Compton SR (2008) Prevention of murine norovirus infection in neonatal mice by fostering. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 47(3):25-30.

