New high accuracy diagnostics for avian Aspergillus fumigatus infection using Nanopore methylation sequencing of host cell-free DNA and machine learning prediction
Markus Drag, Christina Hvilsom, Louise Ladefoged Poulsen, H Gamst Jensen, Stamatios Alan Tahas, Christoph Leineweber, Carolyn Cray, Mads F. Bertelsen, Anders Miki Bojesen
The paper develops three diagnostic tests for Aspergillus fumigatus infection in chickens using methylation markers from serum cell-free DNA and machine learning, achieving high accuracy.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology · Apr 27, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology