Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Amount

$182,725.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Porphyromonas gingivalis is the major etiological agent of adult periodontitis. Although well established as a periodontal pathogen, it has more recently been recognized that P. gingivalis may have an important role in systemic disease, including cardiov