College of Science

           The present study includes 70 cases of thalassemia patients from inherited anemia center, Al-Karama hospital in Baghdad / Iraq. Evaluation of the immune system function done for those patients by measuring the number of transformed cell (type T) using PHA and compared with healthy people (control).

       A total of 35 sample of infants stool collected from Al-Mansor hospital for children and 20 sample of dairy products collected from Baghdad markets. Eleven isolate of Lactobacillus acidophilus were obtained from stool sample and seven isolates of also Lactobacillus acidophilus were obtained from yoghurt , the bacteria isolated and identified according to screening method and using specialized growth media.