Primary Recipient

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$386,250.00

Award Date

8/01/2009

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

The goal of these studies is to determine the mechanisms utilized by mouse and human neutrophils to control helminth infections. Previous studies have demonstrated that neutrophils are required for killing larval Strongyloides stercoralis in na+?ve and im