Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$908,442.00

Award Date

9/24/2010

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

Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa viruses are enigmatic emerging pathogens that cause severe Hemorrhagic Fever (HF) in humans and nonhuman primates. Outbreaks occur regularly in the case of Lassa and sporadically in the case of the flioviruses in parts of Africa

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON	Primary recipient	$648,146.00
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	Sub-recipient	$260,296.00