JC virus genotyping offers a new means of tracing the origins of unidentified cadavers

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 242-245

  Ikegaya, H ^a   Iwase, H ^a   Sugimoto, C ^b   Yogo, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Forensic medicine; Genotypes; Geographic origin; JC virus; Phylogenetic analysis; Unidentified cadaver

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0036940492     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0297-8     Document Type: Article

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