Primary Recipient

SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE

Amount

$949,500.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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 arenaviruses cause devastating viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) diseases of humans with high fatality rates. Because there is negligible or at best limited antiviral treatment available for these diseases, especially the Old World Lassa fever virus (LFV)