Primary Recipient

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

Amount

$410,722.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

HSV-1 infects half of individuals in the United States, and causes 400,000 new painful, sight-threatening eye infections each year. Our goal is to develop a prophylactic vaccine to prevent debilitating consequences of these infections.