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        | Study year, Reference | Country | Mean Follow-up time (Month) | Plate response (%) | Prevalence (%) of H. pyloriinfection |  
        | Gasbarrini et al.    [10] | Italy | 4 | 8/8 (100) | 11/18 (61) |  
        | Emilia et al. [11] | Italy | 8.3 | 6/12 (50) | 13/30 (43) |  
        | Jarque et al. [18] | Spain | 24 | 3/23 (13) | 40/56 (71) |  
        | Kohda et al. [17] | Japan | 148 | 12/19 ( 63) | 22/35 (62) |  
        | veneri et al. [32] | Italy | 11.7 | 11/15 (73) | 25/35 (71) |  
        | Michel et al. [19] | USA | 11.5 | 4/14 (29) | 16/74 (22) |  
        | Suzuki et al. [12] | Japan | 6 | 6/13 (46) | 25/36 (69) |  
        | Fujimura et al. [14] | Japan | 12< | 88/161 (55) | 300/435 (69) |  
        | Suvaidzic et al.    [37] | Serbia | 18 | 6/23 (26) | 39/54 (72) |  
        | Sayan et al. [38] | Turkey | 13 | 8/20 (40) | 34/20 (59) |  
        | Campuzano-Maya et    al. [20] | Colombia | 12.2 | 24/29 (83) | 29/32 (91) |  
        | Estrada-Gomez et    al. [39] | Mexico | 4.6 | 3/14(21) | 14/23 (60) |  
        | Sivapathasingam et    al. [40] | Australia | 12.2 | 5/9 (56) | 9/16 (56) |  
        | Joakson et al. [41] | Canada | 48 | 3/4 (75) | 4/22 (18) |  
        | Tag et al. [42] | Korea | 57.6 | 25/17 (68) | 23/25 (92) |  
        | Payandeh et al. [43] | Iran | 6 | 26/15 (58) | 35/52 (67) |  
        | Gan et al. [44] | Malaysia | 6 | 3/10 (30) | 11/50 (22) |  |