Abbreviations: CS ¼ Constant Spring; DNA ¼ deoxyribonucleic acid; Hb ¼ hemoglobin; HPLC ¼ high-performance liquid chromatography; IC ¼ immunochromatographic; MCH ¼ mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCV ¼ mean corpuscular volume; PCR ¼ polymerase chain reaction; RBC ¼ red blood cell; Thal ¼ thalassemia