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  • Microbiome Research
  • Statistical Bioinformatics
  • Human Health

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  • Bacterial taxa absolute abundance is vital for human reproductive and gastrointestinal health.
  • Absolute abundance measurements are costly, limiting large-scale studies.
  • Relative abundance data, though cheaper, lacks precise quantification.

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  • To develop a novel statistical method for estimating bacterial absolute abundance.
  • To integrate readily available relative abundance data with limited absolute abundance data.
  • To account for varying taxon detection efficiencies in different data types.

Main Methods:

  • Joint modeling of relative and absolute bacterial abundance data.
  • Incorporation of taxon-specific detection efficiencies.
  • Estimation of point and interval measures for absolute abundance.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method significantly reduces estimation error for absolute abundance.
  • Accounting for taxon-specific efficiencies improves accuracy and interval coverage.
  • The method's performance is validated through simulation and real-world datasets (HIV acquisition).

Conclusions:

  • This approach provides a cost-effective way to obtain accurate bacterial absolute abundance estimates.
  • Improved microbiome quantification can advance understanding of host-associated microbial communities and health.
  • The method offers a robust tool for microbiome research, enhancing diagnostic and therapeutic insights.