Primary Recipient

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Amount

$67,636.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus; GBS) is a leading cause of invasive infections such as pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis in neonates. GBS is also an emerging cause of disease among the immunocompromised and elderly. Regulation of virulenc