Patent ID: 7282599

Claim:
A method of treating an infection by an RNA virus which attacks the respiratory tract and causes disease therein selected from the group consists of a picornavirus, ortho-myxovirus, rhinovirus, enterovirus, coxsackie virus, aphthovirus, or paramyxovirus, comprising: obtaining an agent comprising a dithiocarbamate compound having the structural formula R 1 R 2 NCS 2 H, in which R 1 and R 2 , independently of each other, represent a straight or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl, or, with the nitrogen atom, form an aliphatic ring with 4 to 6 C atoms or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and administering the agent to a subject thereby treating an infection by an RNA virus which attacks the respiratory tract and causes disease therein selected from the group consists of a picornavirus, ortho-myxovirus, rhinovirus, enterovirus, coxsackie virus, aphthovirus, or paramyxovirus.