51 cord blood samples were screened for CMV, HbsAg, HCV, HIV by Elisa technique and syphilis by VDRL. The results showed that 100% were positive for IgG anti-CMV, 100% negative for IgM anti-CMV, and 1.96% positive for HBsAg and HV, while there were no positive cases for HIV and syphilis. These rates were higher in comparison with those found by foreign studies but comprehensible concerning epidemiology and rate of these mentioned viruses in the Vietnamses population. For safe reasons, all cord blood found positive with any of the above tests should be rejected and corresponding mothers should be also included in the programmed tests.
Fetal Blood ; Mass Screening

The quantification of serum feriritine by method Meia for 58 patients of thalassemia in the Ho Chi Minh Centre for Hematology and Blood Transfusion has shown that the threshold of iron elimination in nearly half of patients with thalassemia (42.2%) was higher than 1,000 mg/ml. This threshold found in patients with thalassemia accompaning with hemoglobin disease.
Thalassemia ; Ferritin