Patent ID: 8227447

Claim:
A method for treating an infectious disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an RNA nucleotide polymer selected from: (SEQ ID NO 3) A-A-A-C-G-C-U-C-A-G-C-C-A-A-A-G-C-A-G; (SEQ ID NO 17) A-A-A-C-G-C-U-C-A-C-C-C-A-A-A-G-C-A-G; (SEQ ID NO 22) A-A-A-C-A-C-U-C-A-G-C-C-A-A-A-G-C-A-G; and (SEQ ID NO 23) A-A-A-C-C-C-U-C-A-G-C-C-A-A-A-G-C-A-G, wherein the polymer comprises a phosphodiester backbone.