Inventors:
Lieven Stuyver - Snellville GA, US
Kyoichi Watanabe - Stone Mountain GA, US
International Classification:
A61K031/7076
A61K031/675
A61K031/519
A61K031/513
US Classification:
514/045000, 514/049000, 514/081000, 514/086000, 514/261100, 514/263230, 514/269000, 514/303000
Abstract:
The disclosed invention is a composition for and a method of treating a Flaviviridae (including BVDV and HCV), Orthomyxoviridae (including Influenza A and B) or Paramyxoviridae (including RSV) infection, or conditions related to abnormal cellular proliferation, in a host, including animals, and especially humans, using a nucleoside of general formula (I)-(XXIII) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug. This invention also provides an effective process to quantify the viral load, and in particular BVDV, HCV or West Nile Virus load, in a host, using real-time polymerase chain reaction (“RT-PCR”). Additionally, the invention discloses probe molecules that can fluoresce proportionally to the amount of virus present in a sample.