The invention provides a
pathogen detection method based on targeted high-
throughput sequencing. The
pathogen detection method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring NGS original
sequencing data of a
pathogen sample to be detected and a
negative control sample; s2, removing low-
quality data from the obtained original
sequencing data, then performing host sequence filtering, and finally performing
plasmid sequence filtering to obtain high-quality sequencing Read; s3, comparing the pathogen reference genomes to obtain specific Read data; s4, performing classification according to a comparison result, and calculating the specific Read number and the RPM value of each pathogen; s5, constructing a microbial
reference genome database, and verifying the species specificity of the specific Read in the NT
database; and S6, grading
pathogen detection signals in the to-be-detected sample according to the RPM value and the NTRPM value to obtain a result. The method provided by the invention can effectively reduce false positive of a detection result and interference of background signals, the detection result is accurate, and the method can be well applied to the fields of
disease diagnosis, epidemiological investigation,
public health prevention and control and the like.