Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Amount

$81,959.00

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

Tuberculosis is a leading AIDS-associated, opportunistic infection and globally it has been estimated that twenty percent of AIDS patients die from tuberculosis. In this study we propose to explore and develop a novel class of nitroaromatic anti-tuberculo