Post-coital vaginal sampling with nylon flocked swabs improves DNA typing

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Benschop, Corina C G ^a   Wiebosch, Danielle C ^a   Kloosterman, Ate D ^a,b   Sijen, Titia ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Forensic science; Laser microdissection; Post coital cervicovaginal samples; PSA and RSID semen test; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

DNA; NYLON; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON SWAB; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NYLON FLOCKED SWAB; POSTCOITAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; VAGINA SMEAR; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COITUS; COTTON FIBER; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NYLONS; RAPE; SEMEN; VAGINA;

EID: 73249130988     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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