Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Amount

$759,988.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Neglected tropical diseases are a group of 13 major disabling conditions that are among the most common chronic infections in the world's poorest people. Chief among these are the five main diseases caused by nematode worms, accounting for more than 80%