Primary Recipient

INSTITUTE FOR HEPATITIS & VIRUS RESEARCH, THE

Amount

$305,542.00

Award Date

6/03/2009

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

Chronic hepatitis B is the major cause of primary liver cancer worldwide, and also often results in liver cirrhosis and, more rarely, acute liver failure. In the establishment of chronic infection, the salient feature of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) life