The Importance Of Bioaerosol In Forensic Investigations

Karol Bulski

doi:10.21307/PM-2020.59.4.24

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The Importance Of Bioaerosol In Forensic Investigations

Advancements of Microbiology

Volume 59 (2020): Issue 4 (December 2020)

By: Karol Bulski

Open Access

|Jan 2021

Abstract

The article discusses the importance of bioaerosol in terms of forensic microbiology and explains its usefulness in forensic investigations. Examples of investigative practice and crime investigations available in the literature are also presented, with special focus on the importance of biological aerosol analyses during evidence proceedings.

1. Introduction. 2. Biological aerosols. 3. Bioaerosols in forensic investigations. 4. Summary

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