Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$79,997.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Group B Streptococcus (GBS), the leading cause of invasive bacterial infections in human newborns, and a common cause of ascending placental infection triggering premature delivery or spontaneous abortion. In studies published in Blood (2009), we showed