Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Amount

$412,500.00

Award Date

6/19/2009

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

Mycobacterium tuberculosis latently persist in 2 billion people, representing a major reservoir of tuberculosis (TB) due to reactivation, yet the state of latent bacilli remains a mystery. In order to eradicate TB, we need to understand latency and develo