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Fatal Streptococcus pyogenes infections in Spain, Turkey, UK and Belgium after pandemics: a comprehensive case series combining microbiology with autopsy findings. A study of the ESCMID study group for forensic and post-mortem microbiology (ESGFOR). 

Saegeman V, Fernandez-Rodriguez A, Ziyade N, Abad R, Cohen MC. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 5

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Postmortem microbiological sampling: a prospective ESGFOR-supported study on relevance, timing, and site selection.

Tamsin A, Claes A, Van Den Bogaert W, Weynand B, Rodriguez AF, Van de Voorde W, Saegeman V. Virchows Arch. 2025 Nov 8

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Forensic Microbiology: When, Where and How.

Nodari R, Arghittu M, Bailo P, Cattaneo C, Creti R, D'Aleo F, Saegeman V, Franceschetti L, Novati S, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Verzeletti A, Farina C, Bandi C; ESCMID Study Group of Forensic and Post-Mortem Microbiology (ESGFOR) and the AMCLI Forensic Microbiology Study Group (GLAMIFO). Microorganisms. 2024 May 14;12(5):988

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Biosafety Recommendations for Medico-legal Autopsies: Update after the COVID-19 pandemic

Fernández Liste A, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Muñoz Hernández V, Carnicero Cáceres S, Cohen MC, Morentin Campillo B; on behalf of ESGFOR & Spanish Society of Forensic Pathology. ESCMID. 2023 Dec.

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The future is now: Unraveling the expanding potential of human (necro)microbiome in forensic investigations.

Ferreira AC, Barbosa D, Saegeman V, Rodríguez AF, Oliveira RJD, Freitas AR; on behalf of ESGFOR. Microorganisms. 2023;11(10):2509.

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Unlocking Women's Sexual Health: The Intersection of Forensics and the Microbiome

Online Workshop, 11-12 November 2025

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