Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Amount

$423,396.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Candida albicans is an important opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes both mucosal and invasive disease in immunocompromised patients. Nearly all HIV/AIDS patients will develop oropharyngeal (OPC) or esophageal candidiasis during their lifetime. Beca