Table 1.

Sequencing reads and read counts obtained by using the different techniques.

Sequencing Techniques	Number of Host Cell Reads	Viral RNA Read Counts	Average Length of Viral Reads in bp
PacBio Sequel	117,079	13,292	1553
PacBio RS II amplified	462,202	116,905	1255
PacBio RS II non-amplified	176,919	52,012	1282
PacBio-random primers	112,081	28,364	932
MinION-amplified oligo(d)T	4,273,446	1,385,284	517
MinION-non-amplified oligo(d)T	4,907,412	3,451,129	909
MinION-random	5,144,609	231,500	341