Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$455,125.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

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

West Nile virus, an NIAID category B priority pathogen, emerged in the United States in 1999, causing over 11,000 cases of neuroinvasive disease and 1,103 fatalities. Because the threat of emerging viral diseases raises new dangers for public safety, it i