Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

Amount

$390,255.00

Award Date

5/01/2009

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

Insect-borne disease is a major world health problem, accounting for nearly 20% of the total world- wide infectious disease burden. Many of these diseases are capable of spreading to the United States. Because insects depend on chemical senses for host lo