Primary Recipient

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$760,625.00

Award Date

8/28/2009

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 protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes life-threatening disease in immunocompromised individuals. While effective at controlling acute disease, available drugs fail to clear chronic, latent infection with T. gondii. An in-depth understanding of t