Forensic and Post-Mortem Microbiology
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2076
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forensic; post-mortem microbiology
Interests: post mortem MRI; investigation of sudden infant death; preterm births and stillbirths
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Postmortem microbiologic examinations in the discovery of new infectious microorganisms have been recently recognized by medical and scientific communities. At the same time, the analysis of postmortem microorganisms is a promising tool in forensic autopsy and forensic investigation. Currently, microbiological procedures are still underutilized, and it is necessary to develop standardized operating procedures for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of microbiological evidence, and to create reliable and complete databases to be fully implemented in forensic settings, and to assist researchers in the diagnostic and epidemiological analysis of disease outbreaks.
This Special Issue focuses on the progress of postmortem microbiology research, including but not limited to the following: postmortem microbial changes, postmortem translocation of microbial pathogens, postmortem microbiology to detect the cause of death and specimen acquisition; NGS and other molecular techniques in postmortem and forensic microbiology, microbiological applications in the field of forensic science and other related research.
Dr. Amparo Fernández-Rodrı́guez
Prof. Dr. Marta Cohen
Dr. Veroniek Saegeman
Guest Editors
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