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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 321, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110720
Keywords
Drowning diagnosis; SYBR Green real-time qPCR; Diatom test; Plankton
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- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China [2019030012, 2019030001]
- Scientific Research Program of Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China [2020GABJC38]
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In drowning research, the method of diatom morphology is commonly used to determine the cause of death. However, a new method involving gene detection of phytoplankton has been proposed in this study, showing higher accuracy and faster diagnosis of drowning cases.
In the field of drowning research, the method of diatom morphology has been most applied to determine whether the cause of death is drowning. However, the characteristics of complex operation, high level of professional knowledge drive us to propose a new method. Here, based on the common phytoplankton in water(such as diatoms and Aeromonas), aiming at the rbcL, 23 S, NIES, rPOD, Hly and preprotoxin aerolysin gene, we designed 6 pairs of specific primers and applied SYBR Green real-time qPCR(RT-qPCR) method to detect phytoplankton in the Pearl River Basin of Guangdong Province, China, so as to achieve the purpose of diagnosing drowning. After the experimental verification of the corresponding algae species and the standard strains of bacteria, as well as the verification of tissue samples (lung, liver and kidney) of 56 cases( 40 drowning cases and 16 non-drowning cases), we found that these primers were of great accuracy and tedious laboratory work of diatom test was reduced. Based on the advantages of high throughput, short period and high sensitivity, this RT-qPCR method is expected to diagnose drowning more rapidly and accurately. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. In the field of drowning research, the method of diatom morphology has been most applied to determine whether the cause of death is drowning. However, the characteristics of complex operation, high level of professional knowledge drive us to propose a new method. Here, based on the common phytoplankton in water(such as diatoms and Aeromonas), aiming at the rbcL, 23 S, NIES, rPOD, Hly and preprotoxin aerolysin gene, we designed 6 pairs of specific primers and applied SYBR Green real-time qPCR(RT-qPCR) method to detect phytoplankton in the Pearl River Basin of Guangdong Province, China, so as to achieve the purpose of diagnosing drowning. After the experimental verification of the corresponding algae species and the standard strains of bacteria, as well as the verification of tissue samples (lung, liver and kidney) of 56 cases( 40 drowning cases and 16 non-drowning cases), we found that these primers were of great accuracy and tedious laboratory work of diatom test was reduced. Based on the advantages of high throughput, short period and high sensitivity, this RT-qPCR method is expected to diagnose drowning more rapidly and accurately.
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