Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON

Amount

$370,500.00

Award Date

9/13/2010

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

Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne infection in North America and Eurasia and can cause long-term infections that affect the skin, joints, heart, and central nervous system. Thebacterium that causes Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) remains h