Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

Amount

$376,789.00

Award Date

9/29/2010

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

Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas' disease, which affects over 11 million people in Latin America. Of those infected, about 5 million will develop severe cardiac and/or digestive disorders. Annually, up to 50,000 people may die and many others will become