Direct RNA sequencing of respiratory syncytial virus infected human cells generates a detailed overview of RSV polycistronic mRNA and transcript abundance

• I’ah Donovan-Banfield,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Infection Biology and Microbiome, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Rachel Milligan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Sophie Hall,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3176-6004

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• Tianyi Gao,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Eleanor Murphy,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Jack Li,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Ghada T. Shawli,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection Biology and Microbiome, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Julian Hiscox,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection Biology and Microbiome, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Xiaodong Zhuang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Jane A. McKeating,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Rachel Fearns ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d.a.matthews@bristol.ac.uk (DAM); rfearns@bu.edu (RF)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• David A. Matthews

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d.a.matthews@bristol.ac.uk (DAM); rfearns@bu.edu (RF)

  Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-8795

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