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mucosa. This study aims to investigate the relation between white blood cells
(neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils) in patients
with H.pylori. A case-control study included 150 patients who had H. pylori
infection who entered the center of gastrointestinal disease in Nasiriyah city,
southern Iraq, and 100 healthy controls. The samples were collected during a
period extending from September 2024 to January 2025, and the patients were
tested by using UBT to determine the presence of H.pylori ,while healthy
controls were tested by ELISA; only 25 of them were tested by UBT. The
results showed all patients infected with H.pylori after being diagnosed by UBT,
while healthy controls were non-infected. Also, the results show that patients are
infected with H.pylori more in urban areas when compared with rural areas (p =
0.0463). The result showed significant differences in WBC count and percentage
of neutrophils among patients with gastric disorders compared to control
subjects (WBC p = 0.02, neutrophils p = 0.01).

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H.pylori WBC UBT

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