Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$56,776.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Lassa virus (LASV) is the causative agent of Lassa Fever (LF), a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa responsible for wide spread disease and significant morbidity and mortality. There currently exists no vaccine against LF, while the n