Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$56,316.00

Award Date

7/30/2009

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 objective of the proposed project is to evaluate the cellular immune response to Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) wild-type (ZH501) and vaccine strain (MP-12) infections. There is very little published data pertaining to the effect of RVFV infection on