Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$210,612.00

Award Date

9/15/2009

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

We previously reported a significant association between HHV-8 infection and prostate cancer risk in the Caribbean island of Tobago. We have also demonstrated HHV-8 protein expression in the non-cancerous prostates of U.S. Caucasian men who are HHV-8 ser