Microbial forensics: The next forensic challenge

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 317-330

  Budowle, Bruce ^a   Murch, Randall ^b   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^c  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biocrime; Bioterrorism; Epidemiology; Fungi; Microbial forensics; Quality assurance; Quality control; Toxin; Validation; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; CUSTODY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENOMICS; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TOXICITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOTERRORISM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROBIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344491329     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0535-y     Document Type: Review

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