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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Ralph A. Tripp, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Jackelyn Murray, Monroe, GA (US);
Robert Jeff Hogan, Watkinsville, GA (US);
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Athens, GA (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods of treating a subject for a coronavirus infection are provided. The methods typically include administering the subject an effective amount of probenecid, a metabolite or analog thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The methods can by therapeutic and/or prophylactic. The amount of probenecid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be effective to, for example, reduce viral replication, reduce one or more symptoms of disease, disorder, or illness associated with virus, or a combination thereof. In preferred embodiments, the virus is a Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus such as SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-CoV, a Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus such as MERS-CoV, or a coronavirus that causes the common cold.