Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA SYSTEM

Amount

$389,126.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

Coxiella burnetii is an extremely infectious, obligate intracellular bacterium that causes Q fever, and is a Select B Agent. Q fever manifests as acute (pneumonitis, malaise) or chronic (hepatitis, endocarditis) disease. Longterm goals are to identify bac