Published in:
01-06-2012 | Review
DNA analysis in disaster victim identification
Authors:
Kerstin Montelius, Bertil Lindblom
Published in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Issue 2/2012
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Abstract
DNA profiling and matching is one of the primary methods to identify missing persons in a disaster, as defined by the Interpol Disaster Victim Identification Guide. The process to identify a victim by DNA includes: the collection of the best possible ante-mortem (AM) samples, the choice of post-mortem (PM) samples, DNA-analysis, matching and statistical weighting of the genetic relationship or match. Each disaster has its own scenario, and each scenario defines its own methods for identification of the deceased.