Primary Recipient

RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Amount

$363,716.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

Francisella tularensis tularensis is a category A select agent for Biodefense Research. It is a highly efficient zoonotic pathogen that has an infectious dose of 10 organisms or less. To accomplish this feat the bacterium has clearly devised efficient m