Lynn W Kitchen
Physician in New Orleans, LA
License number
Utah 168799-1205
Issued Date
Jul 13, 1982
Expiration Date
Dec 31, 1984
Category
Physician
Type
Physician & Surgeon
Address
Address
New Orleans, LA
Professional information
Use Of Diethylcarbamazine To Enhance Antigen-Antibody And Antigen-Host Immune Cell Interactions
US Patent:
4900548, Feb 13, 1990
Filed:
Nov 13, 1987
Appl. No.:
7/120561
Inventors:
Lynn W. Kitchen - New Orleans LA
Assignee:
Harvard University - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
A61K 3902, A61K 4502, G01N 33531
US Classification:
424 88
Abstract:
This invention relates to the use of diethylcarbamazine (DEC), its analogs, homologs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as an antiviral agent. This invention further relates to the use of DEC in in vivo diagnosis to increase antibodies to a particular disease; to the use of DEC in in vitro serologic assays to increase efficacy; and to the use of DEC as a vaccine adjuvant.