The sensitivity and specificity of the RSID™-saliva kit for the detection of human salivary amylase in the Forensic Science Laboratory, Dublin, Ireland

We demonstrate here that the RSID (TM)-saliva test can be used as a test for human salivary alpha-amylase on samples routinely examined in forensic casework. We show that the RSID (TM)-saliva test detects salivary alpha-amylase at lower concentrations than the Phadebas (R) Quantitative test, that the RSID (TM)-saliva test does not cross-react with forensically important human fluids and that the RSID (TM)-saliva test can be successfully integrated into the whole swab semen extraction method. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.