Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$86,600.00

Award Date

5/17/2010

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 protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica causes an estimated 50 million cases of invasive disease annually. The most common manifestations of amebic infection are colonic disease and liver abscesses. Our goal is to identify novel virulence determinant