Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Amount

$402,875.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

The causative agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, can persistently infect humans and other mammalian hosts for great lengths of time. Understanding the mechanisms by which Lyme disease spirochetes establish and maintain chronic infections will be