[Prevalence of antibodies to cytomegalovirus in a population of blood donors from the Paris region].

Prevalence of antibody to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was determined in a parisian population of blood donors. Among 7,729 subjects, 3,048 are men (39.4%), 4,681 are women (60.

[Significance of alanine aminotransferase and reduction of post-transfusion non-A, non-B hepatitis].

To appreciate the test based on the activity of sera alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in the reduction of non-A non-B post-transfusional hepatitis, a study of the variation of this enzyme's activity was done versus several parameters: sex, age and acquired diseases. The population which included 25,813 Parisian blood donors (41.2% of men and 58.

[Prevalence of hepatitis B viral markers in Vietnamese blood donors].

Serum samples were assayed using radioimmunoassay in 573 Vietnamese blood donors living in Hanoï (North Viet Nam). 66 (11.5%) subjects were HBsAg-positive.

[Screening of carriers of antitetanus antibodies in blood donors].

A screening of antitetanic antibody (AcAT) carriers has been carried out in 4770 blood donors. The percentage of "positive" subjects (with a rate of AcAT greater than or equal to 5 U.I.