Patent ID: 8604165

Claim:
A method of treating an influenza infection comprising administering to a subject suffering from influenza an influenza inhibiting amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing an isolated peptide, wherein the amino acid sequence of the isolated peptide is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13, and a variant of SEQ ID NO:3 including one or more amino acid substitutions in said amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of V1I, V1L, V1A, V1G, V1T, V1S, V1M, E2D, E2K, E2R, D3E, T4G, T4S, T4Q, T4N, K5F, K5M, K5I, K5V, K5L, K5A, I6L, I6V, I6A, 16T, I6S, I6Q, I6N, D7E, L8I, L8V, L8A, W9Y, S10T, S10G, S10A, and S10M, the variant comprising the sequence YNAELL (SEQ ID NO: 1) and sharing at least 50 percent sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 3.