Patent ID: 7893083

Claim:
A method of increasing the time period between outbreaks of genital herpes consisting essentially of: providing an imidazoquinolinamine formulation; disposing an amount of the imidazoquinolinamine formulation into a first nare of an individual infected with Herpes Simplex Virus type 2; covering at least a portion of the internal surface of the individual's first nare with a portion of the amount of the imidazoquinolinamine in the first nare; massaging the portion of the amount of the imidazoquinolinamine into the internal surface of the first nare; disposing the amount of the imidazoquinolinamine formulation into a second nare of the individual; covering at least a portion of the internal surface of the second nare with a portion of the amount of the imidazoquinolinamine in said the second nare; and massaging the portion of the amount of the imidazoquinolinamine into the internal surface of said the second nare.