Primary Recipient

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$5,585.00

Award Date

7/14/2009

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

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that causes meningitis in both immunocompromised and immunocempetent patients. The ability to grow at human physiological temperature is an essential virulence factor of C. neoformans, which is orchestrated by