Table 1. Summary of the obtained read counts aligned to the HSV-1 reference genome.

Sample	Mapped read count
RSII PolyA size selected: 0.8–2 kb	5689
RSII PolyA size selected: 2–3 kb	3669
RSII PolyA size selected: 3–5 kb	12431
RSII PolyA size selected: 5 kb+	7010
RSII PolyA non size selected	10796
RSII random-primed	516
Sequel	78362
MinION PolyA and Cap selected cDNA seq	36386
MInION PolyA cDNA seq	67475
MinION random-primed cDNA seq	60687
MInION direct RNA seq	16997