Lee Riley, M.D.Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
PHONE: (510) 642-9200
FAX: (510) 643-6350
LOCATION: 227 Hildebrand Hall
E-MAIL: lwriley@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Pathogenesis of mycobacterial and enteric pathogens
- Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis and drug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections
- Field epidemiology and international health, focused on slum health
Selected Publications
Tartof SY, Solberg OD, Riley LW. (2007). Genotypic analyses of uropathogenic Escherichia coli based on fimH single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
J Med Microbiol. 2007 Oct;56(Pt 10):1363-9.
Riley LW, Ko AI, Unger A, Reis MG. (2007). Slum health: diseases of neglected populations. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2007 Mar 7;7:2.
Casali N, White AM, Riley LW (2006). Regulation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis mce1 operon. J Bacteriol,188:441-9.
Manges AR, Natarajan P, Solberg OD, Dietrich PS, Riley LW (2006). The changing prevalence of drug-resistant Escherichia coli in a community: evidence for community outbreaks of urinary tract infections. Epidemiol Infect,134:425-31.
Senaratne, R.H., De Silva, A.D., Williams, S.J., Mougous, J.D., Reader, J.R., Zhang, T., Chan, S., Sidders, B., Lee, D.H., Chan, J. Bertozzi, C.R., and Riley, L.W (2006). 5’-Adenosinephosphosulfate reductase (CysH) protects Mycobacterium tuberculosis against reactive nitrogen and oxygen species and adaptive immunity. Molecular Microbiol, 59:1744-53.
Aguiar-Alves F, Medeiros F, Fernandes O, Pereira RMG, Perdreau-Remington F, Riley LW (2006). A new genotyping method for Staphylococcus aureus based on exotoxin (set) genes. J Clin Microbiol, 44:2728-32.
Riley, LW (2006). Of mice, men, and elephants: Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope lipids and pathogenesis. J Clin Invest,116:1475-8.
Telles MA, Ferrazoli L, Waldman EA, Giampaglia CM, Martins MC, Ueki SY, Chimara E, Silva CA, Cruz V, Waldman CC, Heyn I, Hirono IU, Riley LW (2005). A population-based study of drug resistance and transmission of tuberculosis in an urban community. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 9:970-6.
Profile updated: October 8, 2007