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White blood cells attack, engulfs and kills pathogens. Various types of white blood cells exist and each one is specialized on killing different types of pathogens. There are white cells that kill pathogens that cause acute infections while others target pathogens that cause chronic infections. The proportion of white cells found on examinationod blood sample could suggest the nature of infection we are dealing with.

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