Primary Recipient

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE

Amount

$161,432.00

Award Date

7/06/2010

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

Spirochetes are a medically significant but poorly understood group of bacteria. These organisms cause several important human diseases, such as syphilis, Lyme disease and leptospirosis. Spirochetes are very diverse, but they share a special attribute: Sp