Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$732,188.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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

Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe global health threat and the emergence of multiple drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains elevates the threat to a truly alarming state. One third of the world is latently infected with Mtb and the organism