Primary Recipient

WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIO-MEDICAL RESEARCH

Amount

$15,582.00

Award Date

6/18/2009

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

Herpesvirues are a significant cause of disease in the human population. Following initial acute infection, herpesvirueses establish latency and the viral DNA is maintained in cells. Murine gammaherpesvirus-68 (MHV-68) is used as a model to study the hu