Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$246,371.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Respiratory infection has been associated with various lung diseases such as pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, and tuberculosis. Annual economic costs of respiratory tract infections in the United States are conservatively estimated to exceed 15 billion dollar