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Blood & Immunology Module — 3rd Year MBBS

📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage

⚖️ Forensic Medicine

 

Trace Evidence

  • Define and describe trace evidence.
  • Classify trace evidence.
  • Explain Locard’s exchange principle.
  • Describe the composition of blood and characteristics of different blood cells.

Blood Group Systems

  • Describe basic genetic principles related to blood groups and their inheritance.
  • Describe blood grouping based on:
  • Red-cell antigens
  • Blood proteins
  • Enzymes
  • White-cell antigens
    • Describe methods of blood-group determination, including:
  • Direct agglutination
  • Ring test
  • Gel diffusion
  • Immunoelectrophoresis
  • Indirect agglutination.

Medico-Legal Applications of Blood Groups

  • Explain applications of blood-group evidence in:
  • Inheritance claims
  • Rh hazards
  • Transfusion errors and adverse reactions
  • DNA profiling
  • Disputed paternity and maternity.

Bloodstains

  • Describe examination of bloodstains by:
  • Physical methods
  • Chemical methods
  • Physicochemical methods
  • Microchemical methods
  • Spectroscopic methods
  • Immunological and enzymological methods for species determination
    • Describe the medico-legal importance of bloodstains.

Collection and Preservation of Biological Material

  • Describe principles of collection and preservation of:
  • Blood
  • Swabs and smears
  • Saliva
  • Semen

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