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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
John L. Casey, Potomac, MD (US);
Brent E. Korba, Laurel, MD (US);
Paul J. Cote, New Market, MD (US);
John L. Gerin, Bethesda, MD (US);
Bud C. Tennant, Ithaca, NY (US);
Chung K. Chu, Athens, GA (US);
John L. Casey, Potomac, MD (US);
Brent E. Korba, Laurel, MD (US);
Paul J. Cote, New Market, MD (US);
John L. Gerin, Bethesda, MD (US);
Bud C. Tennant, Ithaca, NY (US);
Chung K. Chu, Athens, GA (US);
Georgetown University, Ithaca, NY (US);
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for the treatment for hepatitis delta infection in a host, that includes administering an effective amount of a nucleoside or a nucleoside analog that suppresses the expression of the hepatitis B surface or preS1 antigen in the host 100-fold or more relative to pretreatment values in vivo; or to not more than 1 microgram per milliliter in vivo. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleoside is L-FMAU, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.