Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Amount

$308,000.00

Award Date

5/05/2009

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

Otitis media (OM) is the most common childhood bacterial infection and also the leading cause of conductive hearing loss in children. Inflammation in the middle ear caused by microorganisms is a hallmark of OM. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is