Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$416,625.00

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

Chlamydia trachomatis infections are the leading cause of involuntary infertility and ectopic pregnancy in women. Although antibiotic treatment cures infection, it does not ameliorate the inflammatory process that leads to the development of disease. We