Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Amount

$710,693.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

The Borrelia are causative agents of important human diseases including Lyme disease and relapsing fever. In N. America, Lyme disease is caused by B. burgdorferi, B. garinii, and B.afzelii and relapsing fever is caused by Borrelia hermsii and B. turicatae