Patent ID: 8735416

Claim:
A method for treating a viral infection from any of lentiviruses, hepatitis B viruses (HBV), coronaviruses, flaviviruses, influenza viruses, bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV), and parainfluenza viruses, comprising the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising: a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and one or more carbohydrate binding small molecules selected from acyclic pyridine/pyrimidine based carbohydrate receptors according to formula Va or Vb wherein each X is independently selected from CR3 or N; each R, R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkene, alkyne, hydroxyl, amino and halogen; and each R3 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkene and alkyne.