[Detection the serum IgM and IgG specific for TORCH in 1307 women in the period of pre-pregnancy and pregnancy].

Objective: The objective is to obtain the information of women in the period of prepregnancy and pregnancy infected by TORCH (Toxoplasma, Rabella Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Herpes Simplex Virus) in Kunming for preventing fetus from infection by TORCH in uterus.

Methods: The serum IgM and IgG specific for TORCH from 1307 women in the period of pre-pregnancy and pregnancy were measured with ELISA and The reagent is the product of virion/serion.

Results: The serum IgM specific for TORCH were detected in 2.

[Alleles of HLA class II DRB1 of patients with essential hypertension in Yunnan Hans].

Objective: To investigate the association between the alleles of human leukocyte antigens (HLA)-DRB1 and essential hypertension (EH) in the Hans living in Yunnan of China.

Methods: The alleles of HLA-DRB1 were typed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) technique in samples from 83 patients with essential hypertension and 91 healthy controls. All of the subjects, their grandparents and grand-grandparents are Hans living in Yunnan of China.