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Dalmau Llorca MR, Castro Blanco E, Aguilar Martín C, Carrasco-Querol N, Hernández Rojas Z, Gonçalves AQ, Fernández-Sáez J. Early Detection of the Start of the Influenza Epidemic Using Surveillance Systems in Catalonia (PREVIGrip Study). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:17048. [PMID: 36554929 PMCID: PMC9779123 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192417048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Sentinel physician networks are the method of influenza surveillance recommended by the World Health Organization. Weekly clinical diagnoses based on clinical history are a surveillance method that provides more immediate information. The objective of this study is to evaluate which influenza surveillance system is capable of the earliest detection of the start of the annual influenza epidemic. We carried out an ecological time-series study based on influenza data from the population of Catalonia from the 2010-2011 to the 2018-2019 seasons. Rates of clinical diagnoses and of confirmed cases in Catalonia were used to study the changes in trends in the different surveillance systems, the differences in area and time lag between the curves of the different surveillance systems using Joinpoint regression, Simpson's 1/3 method and cross-correlation, respectively. In general, changes in the trend of the curves were detected before the beginning of the epidemic in most seasons, using the rates for the complete seasons and the pre-epidemic rates. No time lag was observed between clinical diagnoses and the total confirmed cases. Therefore, clinical diagnoses in Primary Care could be a useful tool for early detection of the start of influenza epidemics in Catalonia.
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- M. Rosa Dalmau Llorca
- Primary Care Intervention Evaluation Research Group (GAVINA Research Group), IDIAPJGol Terres de l’Ebre, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Servei d’Atenció Primària Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Campus Terres de l’Ebre, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Primary Care Intervention Evaluation Research Group (GAVINA Research Group), IDIAPJGol Terres de l’Ebre, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Campus Terres de l’Ebre, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Terres de l’Ebre Research Support Unit, Foundation University Institute for Primary Health Care Research Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Primary Care Intervention Evaluation Research Group (GAVINA Research Group), IDIAPJGol Terres de l’Ebre, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Servei d’Atenció Primària Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Unitat d’Avaluació, Direcció d’Atenció Primària Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Primary Care Intervention Evaluation Research Group (GAVINA Research Group), IDIAPJGol Terres de l’Ebre, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Terres de l’Ebre Research Support Unit, Foundation University Institute for Primary Health Care Research Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Primary Care Intervention Evaluation Research Group (GAVINA Research Group), IDIAPJGol Terres de l’Ebre, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Servei d’Atenció Primària Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Campus Terres de l’Ebre, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Primary Care Intervention Evaluation Research Group (GAVINA Research Group), IDIAPJGol Terres de l’Ebre, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Servei d’Atenció Primària Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Primary Care Intervention Evaluation Research Group (GAVINA Research Group), IDIAPJGol Terres de l’Ebre, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Servei d’Atenció Primària Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Campus Terres de l’Ebre, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Unitat de Recerca, Gerència Territorial Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
- Unitat Docent de Medicina de Familia i Comunitària, Tortosa-Terres de l’Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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Htoo PT, Measer G, Orr R, Bohn J, Sorbello A, Francis H, Dutcher SK, Cosgrove A, Carruth A, Toh S, Cocoros NM. Evaluating Confounding Control in Estimations of Influenza Antiviral Effectiveness in Electronic Health Plan Data. Am J Epidemiol 2022; 191:908-920. [PMID: 35106530 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Observational studies of oseltamivir use and influenza complications could suffer from residual confounding. Using negative control risk periods and a negative control outcome, we examined confounding control in a health-insurance-claims-based study of oseltamivir and influenza complications (pneumonia, all-cause hospitalization, and dispensing of an antibiotic). Within the Food and Drug Administration's Sentinel System, we identified individuals aged ≥18 years who initiated oseltamivir use on the influenza diagnosis date versus those who did not, during 3 influenza seasons (2014-2017). We evaluated primary outcomes within the following 1-30 days (the primary risk period) and 61-90 days (the negative control period) and nonvertebral fractures (the negative control outcome) within days 1-30. We estimated propensity-score-matched risk ratios (RRs) per season. During the 2014-2015 influenza season, oseltamivir use was associated with a reduction in the risk of pneumonia (RR = 0.72, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.70, 0.75) and all-cause hospitalization (RR = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.53, 0.55) in days 1-30. During days 61-90, estimates were near-null for pneumonia (RR = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.95, 1.15) and hospitalization (RR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.91, 0.98) but slightly increased for antibiotic dispensing (RR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.08, 1.21). The RR for fractures was near-null (RR = 1.09, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.20). Estimates for the 2016-2017 influenza season were comparable, while the 2015-2016 season had conflicting results. Our study suggests minimal residual confounding for specific outcomes, but results differed by season.
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Concordance between the Clinical Diagnosis of Influenza in Primary Care and Epidemiological Surveillance Systems (PREVIGrip Study). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19031263. [PMID: 35162284 PMCID: PMC8835369 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Introduction: Health authorities use different systems of influenza surveillance. Sentinel networks, which are recommended by the World Health Organization, provide information on weekly influenza incidence in a monitored population, based on laboratory-confirmed cases. In Catalonia there is a public website, DiagnostiCat, that publishes the number of weekly clinical diagnoses at the end of each week of disease registration, while the sentinel network publishes its reports later. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is concordance between the number of cases of clinical diagnoses and the number of confirmed cases of influenza, in order to evaluate the predictive potential of a clinical diagnosis-based system. Methods: Population-based ecological time series study in Catalonia. The period runs from the 2010–2011 to the 2018–2019 season. The concordance between the clinical diagnostic cases and the confirmed cases was evaluated. The degree of agreement and the concordance were analysed using Bland–Altman graphs and intraclass correlation coefficients. Results: There was greater concordance between the clinical diagnoses and the sum of the cases confirmed outside and within the sentinel network than between the diagnoses and the confirmed sentinel cases. The degree of agreement was higher when influenza rates were low. Conclusions: There is concordance between the clinical diagnosis and the confirmed cases of influenza. Registered clinical diagnostic cases could provide a good alternative to traditional surveillance, based on case confirmation. Cases of clinical diagnosis of influenza may have the potential to predict the onset of annual influenza epidemics.
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Who gets treated for influenza: A surveillance study from the US Food and Drug Administration's Sentinel System. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021; 43:1228-1234. [PMID: 34350819 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We describe the baseline characteristics and complications of individuals with influenza in the US FDA's Sentinel System by antiviral treatment timing. DESIGN Retrospective cohort design. PATIENTS Individuals aged ≥6 months with outpatient diagnoses of influenza in June 2014-July 2017, 3 influenza seasons. METHODS We identified the comorbidities, vaccination history, influenza testing, and outpatient antiviral dispensings of individuals with influenza using administrative claims data from 13 data partners including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, integrated delivery systems, and commercial health plans. We assessed complications within 30 days: hospitalization, oxygen use, mechanical ventilation, critical care, ECMO, and death. RESULTS There were 1,090,333 influenza diagnoses in 2014-2015; 1,005,240 in 2016-2017; and 578,548 in 2017-2018. Between 49% and 55% of patients were dispensed outpatient treatment within 5 days. In all periods >80% of treated individuals received treatment on the day of diagnosis. Those treated on days 1-5 after diagnosis had higher prevalences of diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and obesity compared to those treated on the day of diagnosis or not treated at all. They also had higher rates of hospitalization, oxygen use, and critical care. In 2014-2015, among those aged ≥65 years, the rates of hospitalization were 45 per 1,000 diagnoses among those treated on day 0; 74 per 1,000 among those treated on days 1-5; and 50 per 1,000 among those who were untreated. CONCLUSIONS In a large, national analysis, approximately half of people diagnosed with influenza in the outpatient setting were treated with antiviral medications. Delays in outpatient dispensed treatment were associated with higher prevalence of comorbidities and higher rates of complication.
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Cocoros NM, Fuller CC, Adimadhyam S, Ball R, Brown JS, Dal Pan GJ, Kluberg SA, Lo Re V, Maro JC, Nguyen M, Orr R, Paraoan D, Perlin J, Poland RE, Driscoll MR, Sands K, Toh S, Yih WK, Platt R. A COVID-19-ready public health surveillance system: The Food and Drug Administration's Sentinel System. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2021; 30:827-837. [PMID: 33797815 PMCID: PMC8250843 DOI: 10.1002/pds.5240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The US Food and Drug Administration's Sentinel System was established in 2009 to use routinely collected electronic health data for improving the national capability to assess post‐market medical product safety. Over more than a decade, Sentinel has become an integral part of FDA's surveillance capabilities and has been used to conduct analyses that have contributed to regulatory decisions. FDA's role in the COVID‐19 pandemic response has necessitated an expansion and enhancement of Sentinel. Here we describe how the Sentinel System has supported FDA's response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. We highlight new capabilities developed, key data generated to date, and lessons learned, particularly with respect to working with inpatient electronic health record data. Early in the pandemic, Sentinel developed a multi‐pronged approach to support FDA's anticipated data and analytic needs. It incorporated new data sources, created a rapidly refreshed database, developed protocols to assess the natural history of COVID‐19, validated a diagnosis‐code based algorithm for identifying patients with COVID‐19 in administrative claims data, and coordinated with other national and international initiatives. Sentinel is poised to answer important questions about the natural history of COVID‐19 and is positioned to use this information to study the use, safety, and potentially the effectiveness of medical products used for COVID‐19 prevention and treatment.
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- Noelle M Cocoros
- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,HCA Healthcare, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,HCA Healthcare, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Assessment of adverse events related to anti-influenza neuraminidase inhibitors using the FDA adverse event reporting system and online patient reviews. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3116. [PMID: 32080337 PMCID: PMC7033147 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60068-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The recommended antiviral drugs available for the treatment and prevention of influenza are neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs). The aim of this study was to evaluate age-related clinical manifestations of adverse events (AEs) related to NAIs. FAERS and WebMD data were downloaded. The available NAIs selected for the analysis were oseltamivir, peramivir, zanamivir, and laninamivir. Disproportionality was analyzed using the proportional reporting ratio (PRR), the reporting odds ratio (ROR), and the information component (IC) methods. In total, 16729 AEs from 4598 patients and 575 AEs from 440 patients in the FAERS and WebMD, respectively, were included in the analysis. In the FAERS, AEs were more common among those who were younger (<19 years) for zanamivir, while for those who were older (>65 years) for peramivir. A disproportionality analysis showed that signals for vomiting and hallucinations were detected in younger patients given oseltamivir, while an abnormal hepatic function, cardiac failure, shock, and cardio-respiratory arrest were detected in older patients given peramivir. Psychiatric disorders were most common in younger and older patients, while gastrointestinal disorders were most common in adult given oseltamivir in the WebMD. Adverse symptoms related to NAIs varied and depended on the drugs used and the age of the patient.
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Ferland R, Froda S. A statistical tool for comparing seasonal ILI surveillance data. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1422. [PMID: 30723245 PMCID: PMC6363783 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38292-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In this paper, we consider the yearly influenza epidemic, as reflected in the seasonal surveillance data compiled by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA) and we explore a new methodology for comparing specific features of these data. In particular, we focus on the ten HHS (Health and Human Services) regions, and how the incidence data evolves in these regions. In order to perform the comparisons, we consider the relative distribution of weekly new cases over one season and replace the crude data with predicted values. These predictions are obtained after fitting a negative binomial regression model that controls for important covariates. The prediction is computed on a ‘generic’ set of covariate values that takes into account the relative size (population wise) of the regions to be compared. The main results are presented in graphical form, that quickly emphasizes relevant features of the seasonal data and facilitates the comparisons.
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- René Ferland
- Département de mathématiques, UQAM, C.P. 8888, succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Département de mathématiques, UQAM, C.P. 8888, succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada.
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Cocoros NM, Panucci G, Haug N, Maher C, Reichman M, Toh S. Outpatient influenza antivirals in a distributed data network for influenza surveillance. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2018; 12:804-807. [PMID: 30053342 PMCID: PMC6185881 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Electronic data collected from routine health care can be used for public health surveillance. To examine the Sentinel System, a distributed data network of health plans, as a source for influenza surveillance, we compared trends in outpatient prescription dispensings of influenza antivirals in Sentinel to trends in CDC's ILINet and NREVSS systems over five seasons. There were 2 102 885 dispensed prescriptions of oseltamivir capsules, 494 188 of oseltamivir powder, and 7955 of zanamivir. Across all seasons, the magnitude and timing of peaks in drug utilization were highly comparable to those in ILINet and NREVSS. Oseltamivir capsules and powder were well correlated with ILINet and NREVSS. This lays the foundation for further exploration of Sentinel's utility for influenza surveillance.
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- Noelle M Cocoros
- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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