with a final volume of 10 μL per reaction using two of the assays
recommended by the CDC, the N assay (N1 primer mix) and the RNase
P assay, with the GoTaq 1-Step RT-qPCR kit (Promega). Each mix contained
the following: 10 μL of 2× GoTaq qPCR master mix, 0.4 μL
of 50× GoScript RT mix for 1-Step RT-qPCR, 1.2 μL of 16.6×
N1/RNase P assay primer mix by the CDC [Forward Primer (20 μM),
Reverse Primer (20 μM), Probe (5 μM)], 4 μL of extracted
RNA, and enough nuclease-free water (GoTaq 1-Step RT-qPCR kit, Promega)
to bring the volume to 20 μL. Reactions were performed following
the recommendations of the manufacturer: 15 min at 63 °C for
cDNA conversion, 2 min at 95 °C for AMV deactivation, and 45
cycles at 95 °C for 15 s and 55 °C for 45 s. Reactions were
plated in 96-well plates and loaded into a LightCycler 96 real-time
PCR system (LC96) (Roche Diagnostics). The N1 assay and the RNase
P assay were purchased from IDT and used following the recommendations
of the manufacturer.