About the Authors

Brian B. Gowen

brian.gowen@usu.edu

Affiliations Institute for Antiviral Research, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Donald F. Smee

Affiliations Institute for Antiviral Research, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Min-Hui Wong

Affiliations Institute for Antiviral Research, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Jeffery O. Hall

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Kie-Hoon Jung

Affiliations Institute for Antiviral Research, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Kevin W. Bailey

Affiliations Institute for Antiviral Research, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

John R. Stevens

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Yousuke Furuta

Affiliation Research Laboratories, Toyama Chemical Company, Ltd., Toyama, Japan

John D. Morrey

Affiliations Institute for Antiviral Research, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

B.B.G., D.F.S, M.W., J.O.H., K.J., K.W.B., J.R.S. and J.D.M. do not have any competing interest. Y.F. is the viral RNA polymerase project leader employed by the Toyama Chemical Co. Ltd., the manufacturer of T-705.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BBG DFS. Performed the experiments: BBG DFS MHW KHJ KWB. Analyzed the data: BBG DFS JOH JRS YF JDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DFS JRS YF JDM. Wrote the paper: BBG.