Primary Recipient

THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Amount

$426,250.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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

Mechanisms of immunity to rotavirus, the major cause of dehydrating diarrhea in children, have proven elusive. Despite the fact the live attenuated vaccines induce protection against severe disease, we still donG??t understand fully how immunity to rotavi