MICRO-TECHNIQUE INVOLVING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION AND ABO GROUPING ON THE SAME FRAGMENT OF BLOOD

• NCJ Number: 19929
• Journal: Journal of the Forensic Science Society Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1974) Pages: 109-110
• Author(s): P H WHITEHEAD; A BRECH
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 2 pages
• Corporate Author: Forensic Science Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

THE TECHNIQUE THAT IS DESCRIBED ILLUSTRATES HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO ADOPT THE LATEX TECHNIQUE FOR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD TO A MICRO-SCALE ENABLING THE ABO GROUPING TO BE CARRIED OUT ON THE SAME SAMPLE.

Abstract

A MICRO TECHNIQUE IS DESCRIBED WHICH ALLOWS BOTH THE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION (USING SENSITIZED LATEX) AND THE ABO GROUPING OF HUMAN BLOOD (USING AN ABSORPTION-ELUTION TECHNIQUE) TO BE CARRIED OUT ON THE SAME FRAGMENT OF DRIED BLOOD. IT IS DEPENDENT ON THE INSOLUBLE NATURE OF BLOOD-GROUP SUBSTANCES, AS COMPARED WITH THE SOLUBLE NATURE OF SERUM PROTEINS USED FOR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)