Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

Amount

$903,503.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

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

A major challenge for public health officials is predicting the outbreak of diseases. Zoonotic diseases are a particular challenge since little is known about the specific mechanisms behind host switching. For example, what abiotic factors increase the pr