Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$151,000.00

Award Date

7/15/2009

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

Burkholderia (B.) mallei is a highly evolved Gram-negative bacterium that primarily infects solipeds but it is transmissible to humans by ingestion, cutaneous or aerosol exposures. Concern over this bacterium and the very closely related species B. pseudo