Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Amount

$422,125.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

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

Epidemic typhus, also known as Gaol fever, Jail fever, or Famine fever, is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Rickettsia prowazekii. This louse-borne disease has been responsible for devastating widespread epidemics throughout history, especially durin