Grant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
Primary Recipient
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Amount
$5,585.00
Award Date
7/14/2009
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
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that causes meningitis in both immunocompromised and immunocempetent patients. The ability to grow at human physiological temperature is an essential virulence factor of C. neoformans, which is orchestrated by