Over both species, the strongest biomarkers for discrimination between viral and bacterial/parasitic disease were UBL1 (PXMP2), IFIT5, GAL3, NFX, VHSVIP4 (VIG4), DEXH (DDX58), unknown CA054694 MX1 RSAD, IFI44A, and HERC6 (Fig. 7 and Table 3). This evidence concerns the gene HERC6 and parasitic infectious disease.