METHODS OF TREATING ZIKA VIRUS, MERS-COV, CHIKUNGUNYA, VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITUS, AND RHINOVIRUS IN MAMMALIAN PATIENTS

摘要

Viral infections in mammals can be treated and prophylactically prevented by systemic administration of ranpirnase and three other ribonucleases that are highly homologous with it and that have activities that are highly similar to it. Experimental results against Zika virus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (“MERS-CoV”), Chikungunya virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, and rhinovirus-14 are disclosed.