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Area of Science:

  • Metagenomics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Disease Diagnostics

Background:

  • Plasma cell-free RNA (cfRNA) metagenomics is explored for blood-based pathogen detection.
  • The structure of the background
  • blood microbiome
  • reproducibility, and practical limits of cfRNA metagenomics remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically re-analyze and benchmark plasma cfRNA metagenomics for pathogen detection.
  • To assess the impact of the shared background microbiome on diagnostic performance.

Main Methods:

  • Re-analysis of host-filtered blood RNA sequencing data from tuberculosis (TB) and coronary artery disease (CAD) cohorts.
  • Unified bioinformatics pipeline using Kraken2 and MetaPhlAn4 for stringent human read removal and taxonomic profiling.

Main Results:

  • Classified non-host reads formed a small fraction of total cfRNA, dominated by low-abundance background taxa.
  • Background-derived signatures showed modest separation between disease and control groups with high variability.
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis reads were sparse and detected in TB-negative samples, precluding robust discrimination.

Conclusions:

  • Plasma cfRNA metagenomics performance is constrained by a shared, low-complexity background and sparse pathogen signals.
  • Transparent host filtering, background modeling, and orthogonal assays are crucial for reliable pathogen detection.