Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$86,531.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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

There is now growing evidence that livestock may be involved in spread of community-associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) recent studies from Europe and Canada report a new strain (ST 398) that maybe associated with pig farming.