Primary Recipient

THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Amount

$109,144.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

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

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major etiologic agent of lower respiratory tract infection in children and the elderly. In the U.S., RSV can be detected in 43% of pediatric patients hospitalized with bronchiolitis and 25% with pneumonia. Neonates h