Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$55,288.00

Award Date

9/20/2010

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

Campylobacter jejuni is a commensal bacterium of the gastrointestinal tracts of many animals, specifically birds. However, when C. jejuni infects the gastrointestinal tracts of humans, the bacterium often causes a mild to severe, bloody diarrheal syndrome