Application Value and Research Progress of Human Microbiome in Sexual Assault Cases.
10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2021.511101
- Author:
Yang LIU
1
;
Min-Min XU
1
;
Ya ZHANG
2
;
Shi-Quan LIU
3
;
Mei-Qing YUAN
4
;
Zhen-Jun JIA
1
Author Information
1. College of Criminal Investigation, People's Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China.
2. Shijiazhuang Public Security Bureau, Shijiazhuang 050000, China.
3. Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100091, China.
4. Key Laboratory of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security, Beijing 100038, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
body fluid;
forensic medicine;
microbial genomics;
microbiology;
review;
sexual assault
- MeSH:
Child;
Humans;
Female;
Artificial Intelligence;
Forensic Medicine/methods*;
Sex Offenses;
DNA;
Microbiota;
Crime Victims
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2022;38(6):774-782
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In recent years, sexual assault cases have been on the rise, seriously infringing the legitimate rights and interests of women and children, causing widespread concern in society. DNA evidence has become the key evidence to prove the facts in sexual assault cases, but lack of DNA evidence or only DNA evidence in some sexual assault cases leads to unclear facts and insufficient evidence. With the emergence of high-throughput sequencing technology and the development of bioinformatics and artificial intelligence, new progress has been made in the study of human microbiome. Researchers have begun to use human microbiome for difficult sexual assault cases indentification. This paper reviews the characteristics of human microbiome, and its application value in the inferences of the body fluid stain origin, the sexual assault method, the crime time, etc. In addition, the challenges faced by the application of the human microbiome in practical case handling, the solutions and future development potential are analyzed and prospected.
