Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$158,175.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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 transmission of group B streptococcus from colonized women to their newborns during labor can be attenuated by treating women with intravenous antibiotic during labor. Current protocols from the CDC direct invasive testing and intensified surveillance