Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Amount

$408,375.00

Award Date

7/23/2009

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

Toxoplasma gondii is a pathogenic protozoan parasite infecting a wide range of vertebrate hosts including humans. In immunocompetent individuals, infection is largely asymptomatic and is controlled by the host's immune response. However, T. gondii has als