Household & Structural Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang 11800, Malaysia.
Household & Structural Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang 11800, Malaysia.
Forensic Sci Int. 2024 Oct;363:112209. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112209. Epub 2024 Aug 25.
As blood-feeding insects that feed on human hosts, bed bugs could be used in forensic investigations if they are present at a crime scene with no apparent evidence. This study describes how tropical bed bugs (Cimex hemipterus) can be used as forensic tools to collect valid human DNA samples. Short Tandem Repeat (STR) analysis was performed on collected bed bug samples, whereby the results indicate that the obtained quantities of human DNA are mostly substantial to facilitate a comprehensive genetic profiling process.
作为以人类宿主为食的吸血昆虫，如果在犯罪现场没有明显证据，但有臭虫存在，那么它们可以被用于法医学调查。本研究描述了如何将热带臭虫（Cimex hemipterus）用作法医工具来收集有效的人类 DNA 样本。对收集的臭虫样本进行了短串联重复序列（STR）分析，结果表明，所获得的人类 DNA 数量大多足以促进全面的遗传分析过程。
