Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$183,150.00

Award Date

4/12/2010

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

Hepatitis virus infection remains a major health issue throughout the world. Although there are effective drugs and a vaccine for hepatitis B (HBV) infection, there are almost 200,000,000 people infected worldwide. It is estimated that 2 to 4% of American