Medico-Legal Forensic Entomology “Use of Insects in Death Investigations”- A Review | ||||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, E. Medical Entomology & Parasitology | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2019, Page 59-74 PDF (1.12 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbse.2019.61865 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mohamed A. Kenawy1; Yousrya M. Abdel-Hamid2 | ||||
| 1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt | ||||
| 2Research Institute of Medical Entomology, The General Organization for Institutes and Teaching Hospitals, Ministry of Health, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The present paper reviews the different aspects of forensic entomology (definition, history, carrion’s decomposition stages, and their associated insects/arthropods, utility in solving crimes, methods of collecting entomological evidence at death site and situation in Egypt). These are important information for interesting people and officials who are willing to make use of such aspect as a helping tool to solve crimes. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Forensic science; Forensic entomology; insect successions; PMI; post mortem interval; carrion’s decomposition stages; entomological evidences | ||||
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