Abstract
Molecular clocks ticking in the court room
Highlights
Molecular phylogenies have been used in forensic molecular epidemiological investigations of transmission events of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in dental and medical practices and in rape cases [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
Gonzáles-Candelas et al report in BMC Biology [8] a case of an anesthetist from Valencia, Spain, who was convicted of professional malpractice by infecting over 270 of his patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Greater than 300 candidates, who had undergone a minor surgery in one of two hospitals, were tested, and for the first time a molecular clock was used to estimate the date of various transmission events
Summary
Molecular phylogenies have been used in forensic molecular epidemiological investigations of transmission events of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in dental and medical practices and in rape cases [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. Gonzáles-Candelas et al report in BMC Biology [8] a case of an anesthetist from Valencia, Spain, who was convicted of professional malpractice by infecting over 270 of his patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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