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Funded Project Details - FY2021




Project Number:

IK6BX005384-01
Title: BLRD Research Career Scientist Award Application
Principal Investigator:

Andres Vazquez-Torres

Location: Denver, CO
Congressional District Code: 6
Research Service: Biomedical Laboratory R&D
Project Period: October 2020 - September 2025
FY 2021 Funding Amount: $107,284
Total Award Amount
(all years):		 $551,467
Abstract: View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER
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Excerpt:

Salmonella infections are responsible for an estimated 3 million annual deaths worldwide. Multidrug resistance among clinical Salmonella more than doubled from 2011 to 2013. The World Health Organization has ranked Salmonella as one of the top 12 antibiotic resistant bacterial threats to global health. The goal of this Research Career Scientist Award is to continue with our efforts to apply our knowledge of Salmonella virulence to the development of novel antibiotics against multidrug resistant...


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