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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Raymond F. Schinazi, Decatur, GA (US);
Junxing Shi, Duluth, GA (US);
Joyce D. Fingeroth, Sudbury, MA (US);
Erik Gustafson, Norwood, MA (US);
Raymond F. Schinazi, Decatur, GA (US);
Junxing Shi, Duluth, GA (US);
Joyce D. Fingeroth, Sudbury, MA (US);
Erik Gustafson, Norwood, MA (US);
Pharmasset, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and composition for the treatment, prevention and/or prophylaxis of a host, and in particular, a human, infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is provided that includes administering an effective amount of a 5-substituted uracil nucleoside or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or excipient.