Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$728,317.00

Award Date

5/06/2009

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

The Alphavirus genus in the Togaviridae family contains a number of significant human and animal pathogens that are widely distributed on all continents, excluding the Antarctic regions. Some of the alphaviruses, e.g., the Venezuelan, eastern and western