Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON

Amount

$128,805.00

Award Date

9/27/2009

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 has been declared a global emergency by the WHO and a priority for vaccine development by the NIH. The currently used BCG vaccine offers variable protection against children but not adults. Various sub unit and DNA vaccines and attenuated myc