Patent ID: 8343478

Claim:
A method of producing a medicament for treating a viral disease, comprising the following steps: (1) Providing Parapoxvirus ovis strain NZ2 in a therapeutically effective amount, (2) Providing at least one additional antiviral agent in a therapeutically effective amount, (3) Combining said amount of Parapoxvirus and said amount of additional antiviral agent to obtain a combination, and (4) Formulating said combination into a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein said viral disease is an HIV infection and/or AIDS, and wherein said at least one additional antiviral agent is selected from the group consisting of: an agent for Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), zidovudine (AZT), lamivudine (3TC), and Tenofovir (PMPA).