Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$422,176.00

Award Date

9/14/2010

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

The immediate goal is to establish an active research program at UMES investigating herpesvirus biology. HSV ocular infection is the leading cause of corneal blindness in the industrialized world. Epidemiological data suggested that approximately 50,000 n