Clinical Assistant Professor
Section Head, Molecular Diagnostics
- BVSc&AH (DVM equivalent), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- MS (Microbiology), South Dakota State University, USA
- PhD (Veterinary Science), University of Kentucky, USA
Email: tuxm9@missouri.edu
Phone: 573-884-9264
TEACHING
- V-PBIO 6647 Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics (Molecular and Virological Diagnostics)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Molecular biology, pathogenesis, and receptor biology of viral pathogens, with a focus on influenza virus, and rotavirus.
- Development and validation of molecular diagnostics assays for veterinary infectious diseases.
- Application of next-generation sequencing (short and long read sequencing) for disease diagnosis, genomic surveillance, outbreak investigation, antimicrobial resistance monitoring, and pathogen discovery.
- Development of in-vitro and in-vivo models to investigate host-pathogen interaction studies.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Full list of publications can be found on google scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Jyti2z0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- Uprety T, Goehring LS, Rozhbayani A, Meyer A, Todd SM, Abdelrazek S, Lahmers K, Erol E. Near-complete genome sequences of equine herpesvirus (EHV) 1, EHV-3, and EHV-4 from the USA using a hybrid assembly approach. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2026 May 18;15(6):e0134725. doi: 10.1128/mra.01347-25. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42148645; PMCID: PMC13248732.
- Uprety T, Shaffer CL, Loynachan A, Janes J, Cassone L, Kennedy L, Bryant U, Ruby R, Swan M, Sponseller BT, Adam E, Lubbers B, Erol E. Genomic characterization of Salmonella enterica serotype Saintpaul isolates from horses. Vet Microbiol. 2026 Mar;314:110923. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2026.110923. Epub 2026 Feb 3. PMID: 41653782.
- Uprety T, Sreenivasan CC, Yu J, Zhao M, Liu R, Yu H, Naveed A, Eertink LG, Soni S, Ruby RE, Chen X, Kaushik RS, Sheng Z, Li Q, Wang D, Li F. Differential tissue tropism and transmission efficiency of two dominant influenza D clades with overlapping but distinct receptor binding fine specificities in ferrets. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Sep 15;21(9):e1013493. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013493. PMID: 40953060; PMCID: PMC12435653.
- Uprety T, Yu J, Nogales A, Naveed A, Yu H, Chen X, Liu Y, Bowman AS, Martinez-Sobrido L, Parrish CR, Melikyan GB, Wang D, Li F. Influenza D virus utilizes both 9-O-acetylated N-acetylneuraminic and 9-O-acetylated N-glycolylneuraminic acids as functional entry receptors. J Virol. 2024 Mar 19;98(3):e0004224. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00042-24. Epub 2024 Feb 20. PMID: 38376198; PMCID: PMC10949506.
- Uprety T, Soni S, Sreenivasan C, Hause BM, Naveed A, Ni S, Graves AJ, Morrow JK, Meade N, Mellits KH, Adam E, Kennedy MA, Wang D, Li F. Genetic and antigenic characterization of two diarrhoeic dominant rotavirus A genotypes G3P[12] and G14P[12] circulating in the global equine population. J Gen Virol. 2024 Aug;105(8):002016. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002016. PMID: 39163114; PMCID: PMC11335307.
- Uprety T, Sreenivasan CC, Hause BM, Li G, Odemuyiwa SO, Locke S, Morgan J, Zeng L, Gilsenan WF, Slovis N, Metcalfe L, Carter CN, Timoney P, Horohov D, Wang D, Erol E, Adam E, Li F. Identification of a Ruminant Origin Group B Rotavirus Associated with Diarrhea Outbreaks in Foals. Viruses. 2021 Jul 9;13(7):1330. doi: 10.3390/v13071330. PMID: 34372536; PMCID: PMC8310321.
- Uprety T, Sreenivasan CC, Thomas M, Hause B, Christopher-Hennings J, Miskimis D, Pillatzki A, Nelson E, Wang D, Li F. Prevalence and characterization of seven-segmented influenza viruses in bovine respiratory disease complex. Virology. 2023 Oct;587:109859. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2023.109859. Epub 2023 Aug 3. PMID: 37544044; PMCID: PMC10592214.