Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Amount

$675,244.00

Award Date

9/23/2009

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

Human brucellosis, caused by Brucella spp., is one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases globally, with an estimated 500,000 new cases each year. An important pathogenic mechanism of this organism is it's ability to survive within the body's phagocytic