Primary Recipient

MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Amount

$762,750.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

Influenza virus causes a respiratory infection that leads to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The virus infects the respiratory epithelium and replicates rapidly to peak levels in two days. It is eventually cleared from the lungs by a strong cellular im