Medico-Legal Forensic Entomology “Use of Insects in Death Investigations”- A Review

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt

2 Research 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. 

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, E. Medical Entomology & Parasitology
Volume 11, Issue 2
December 2019
Pages 59-74

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