Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Amount

$403,525.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Infants are particularly susceptible to respiratory infections which have been attributed to an immature and naive immune system that is characterized by suboptimal antigen presentation and a T helper cell bias toward Th2-type cytokines. However, little i