Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$137,542.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

The need to develop acceptable, available Point-of-Care-Tests (POCT) for identifying Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in at-risk populations is significant. In the United States, 5 of the top 10 reportable diseases are STDs and, per year, there are >1