Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$411,250.00

Award Date

9/30/2010

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

Shigellae are a group of Gram-negative enteric bacilli that cause acute bacillary dysentery in humans. The signature feature of this disease is exhibited by an intense inflammatory reaction manifested clinically as passage of bloody stools. Humans and so