Primary Recipient

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$386,504.00

Award Date

6/18/2009

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

Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) agent worldwide, often establishes asymptomatic genital infections which result in serious reproductive complications. In culture, environmental stressors can induce chlam