aDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Japan;bDepartment of Instruction, Nagoya Isen, Nagoya, Japan;cCommunity Health Science Center, Saitama Medical University, Japan
Abstract:
This study examined whether short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping can be performed using DNA remaining in Triage kits used to screen for drugs of abuse in urine. STR genotyping was successful for 15 loci using 12 kits stored for 1–6 months at room temperature. These results suggest that STR genotyping for human identification can be performed using DNA extracted from used Triage kits.