TABLE 1.

Percentages of PIV5 strain W3 viral mRNA reads compared to total reads before and after rRNA and mitochondrial RNA reads had been bioinformatically removed from the data obtained using poly(A) selection or rRNA reduction library preparation

Procedure and no. of hours p.i.	% of PIV5 strain W3 mRNA reads
	Before reads removed, mRNA	Reads in data sets		After reads removed, mRNA
		rRNA	Mitochondrial
Poly(A) selection
6	1.5	1.6	8.5	1.6
12	8.2	1.6	6.1	8.9
18	5.4	3.1	7.3	5.9
rRNA reduction
6	1.0	0.4	3.8	1.1
12	7.2	0.2	11.8	8.2
18	4.8	1.9	13.2	5.6