Primary Recipient

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$412,500.00

Award Date

7/15/2009

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

Cats are uniquely poised to serve as reservoirs and potential `mixing vessels' for influenza viruses given their interaction within the environment of humans, wildlife, birds, and farm animals. However, cats have been overlooked as a potential reservoir b