Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$295,606.00

Award Date

2/24/2011

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

Tuberculosis is endemic among patients with AIDS and follows an aggressive course with poor localization of myobacteria into granuloma and widespread infection. Granulomas are monocyte rich collections of cells which derive from the circulating periphera