title: Detection of STRs from body fluid collected on IsoCode paper-based devices.
abstract: Isocode card and IsoCode ID Sample Registration Matrix (Schleicher and Schuell BioScience Inc.) are different paper devices chemically treated that keep sample DNA safe from degradation, allowing for the indefinite storage of DNA at ambient temperatures. In this study, blood was collected on Isocode card while saliva, sperm were collected on IsoCode ID. We also tried to verify the effect of collecting urine on Isocode ID. All samples (belonging to the same male donor) were analyzed after 1 day, 1-5 months since their application on the paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Genetics, SIMEF, 89128 Reggio Calabria, Italy. simef@tiscali.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbaro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cormaci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbaro
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010209:Paper; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D004247:DNA