Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$25,000.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Concerns about bioterrorism with variola virus and continued outbreaks of monekypox virus in Africa have resulted in the need for safer poxvirus vaccines. A detailed understanding of poxvirus complement control proteins may lead to safer live vaccinia ba