Primary Recipient

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS

Amount

$13,618.00

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

Chagas disease is the most serious parasitic disease and a leading cause of heart disease in Latin America. It has been difficult to control in Central America and Mexico since the main species of insect that spreads the parasite, Triatoma dimidiata, is f