Generalized Neonatal Screening of Severe Combined Immunodeficiencies

Severe combined Immunodeficiencies ( SCID ) are a group of inherited diseases of the immune system by characterised profound abnormalities of T cell development . Infants with SCID require prompt clinical response to Prevent life -threatening infection and studies show significantly improved survival in babies Diagnosed at birth as a result of previous family history . SCID follows criteria for population -based newborn screening since it is asymptomatic at birth and fatal within the first year of life, the confirmation of the disease is easy, there is a curative treatment , and it is known that early stem cell transplantation improves survival . Quantification of TRECs (T- cell receptor excision circles ) in DNA extracted from Guthrie samples is a sensitive screening test for Specific and SCID . The investigators propose in this study to perform a neonatal screening of SCID , in a population of 200,000 babies over a period of two years . The investigators propose to study the clinical utility and cost effectiveness ratio, and SCID screening to demonstrate that could result in a broad benefit to Individuals detected , making screening relatively cost-effective in spite of the low incidence of the disease .