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HIV outcomes among migrants from low-income and middle-income countries living in high-income countries: a review of recent evidence. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2019; 31:25-32. [PMID: 29095720 DOI: 10.1097/qco.0000000000000415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Migrants living in high-income countries are disproportionately affected by HIV infection and frequently have characteristics associated with poor HIV clinical outcomes. HIV epidemiology among migrants is influenced by changes in migration patterns and variations in transmission risk behaviors. Here we review the recently published literature on known HIV outcomes among migrants from low-income and middle-income countries living in high-income countries. RECENT FINDINGS High proportions of migrants acquire HIV after migration, and this group frequently presents to care late. Once established in care, migrants are often more likely to experience worse HIV treatment outcomes compared with native populations. Multiple individual and structural factors influence HIV diagnosis and treatment outcomes among migrants, including disruption of social networks, increased sexual risk behaviors, communication barriers, limited access to care, and stigma. Few studies have examined interventions targeted at improving HIV outcomes among migrants. SUMMARY Stigma and limited access to care appear to be primary drivers of poor HIV outcomes among migrants in high-income countries. Addressing these disparities is limited by difficulties in identifying and monitoring this population as well as a lack of evidence regarding appropriate interventions for migrants living with HIV. Improving outcomes for this group requires interventions that are specifically targeted at this marginalized and growing population.
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Respective roles of migration and social deprivation for virological non-suppression in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in France. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213019. [PMID: 30845270 PMCID: PMC6405133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Barriers to achieve sustained HIV virological suppression on antiretroviral therapy (ART) jeopardize the success of the 90:90:90 UNAIDS initiative which aims to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In France, where access to ART is free and universally available, we analyze the way in which social determinants of health (i.e. cultural, environmental) and economic factors might influence virological outcomes. A cross-sectional study was performed in two hospitals located in Paris area. All consecutive people living with HIV (PLHIV) on ART for at least 6 months attending the outpatient clinics between 01/05/2013 and 31/10/2014 answered an individual score of deprivation, EPICES, retrieving information on health insurance status, economic status, family support and leisure activity. This score varies from 0 to 100 with deprivation state defined above 30.17. Factors associated with HIV viral load >50 copies/ml were assessed by logistic regression modeling with a backward stepwise selection to select the final multivariable model. Sensitivity analyses were performed using two other thresholds for virological non-suppression (100 or 200 copies/ml). Overall, 475 PLHIV were included (53% male, median age 47 years, 66% not born in France mainly in a sub-Saharan African country). Half of French natives and 85% of migrants were classified as deprived. Median duration on ART was 9.7 years with virological suppression in 95.2% of non-deprived participants and in 83.5% of deprived ones (p = 0.001). The final multivariable model retained ART tiredness, younger age, a previous AIDS event and social deprivation (adjusted Odds Ratio, 2.9; 95%CI, 1.2–7.0) as determinants of virological non-suppression but not migration in itself. When using separate components of EPICES score, reporting economic difficulties and non-homeownership were associated with virological non-suppression. In addition to interventions focusing on cultural aspects of migration, social interventions are needed to help people with social vulnerability to obtain sustained responses on ART.
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Vignier N, Desgrees Du Lou A, Pannetier J, Ravalihasy A, Gosselin A, Lert F, Lydie N, Bouchaud O, Dray Spira R, Chauvin P. Social and structural factors and engagement in HIV care of sub-Saharan African migrants diagnosed with HIV in the Paris region. AIDS Care 2019; 31:897-907. [PMID: 30709323 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1576842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are often diagnosed at an advanced stage of HIV, and many of them have harsh living conditions. We aimed to evaluate the entry into care after HIV diagnosis and examine the related social determinants. The ANRS PARCOURS study is a life-event survey conducted in 2012-2013 in the Paris region among. Time between HIV diagnosis of SSA migrants living diagnosed HIV positive in France and HIV care and the determinants was assessed yearly by using mixed-effects logistic regression models. Among a total of 792 participants, 94.2% engaged in HIV care within the year of HIV diagnosis, 4.3% in the following year and 2.5% beyond the second year after diagnosis. The participants were more likely to engage in HIV care during years when they were effectively covered by health insurance and if the HIV test was carried out at the initiative of the doctor. Immigration for economic reasons or owing to threats in his/her country of origin was associated with delayed engagement in HIV care. Additionally, 4.3% of treated participants discontinued HIV care at least once at the time of the survey and more often if diagnosed at an advanced HIV disease stage and financially dependent.
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- Nicolas Vignier
- a Department of Social Epidemiology , INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP) Paris , France.,b Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases , Groupe hospitalier Sud Ile-de-France , Melun , France
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- c IRD, INSERM , Université Paris Descartes, CEPED, SAGESUD team , Paris , France
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- c IRD, INSERM , Université Paris Descartes, CEPED, SAGESUD team , Paris , France
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- d INSERM , Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP-U 1018) , Villejuif , France
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- e Santé Publique France , French National Agency of Public Health , Saint-Maurice , France
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- f Department of Infectious and Tropical diseases, and Laboratoire Educations et Pratiques de Santé (LEPS EA 3412) , Paris 13 University, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Avicenne Hospital , Bobigny , France
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- a Department of Social Epidemiology , INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP) Paris , France
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- a Department of Social Epidemiology , INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP) Paris , France
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Gatey C, Brun A, Hamet G, Diamantis S, Sellier P, Bouchaud O, Garrait V, Rozenbaum W, Molina JM, Abgrall S. Does region of origin influence the timing and outcome of first-line antiretroviral therapy in France? HIV Med 2018; 20:175-181. [PMID: 30506853 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to assess whether the timing of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) initiation, the choice of cART and virological response differ in migrants versus European natives in the north and east of Paris area, after dissemination of French recommendations for universal treatment. METHODS Antiretroviral therapy-naïve HIV-1-infected adults with at least two follow-up visits at one of 15 participating centres between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2015 were included in the study. Factors associated with cART initiation before 31 March 2015, with protease inhibitor (PI)-containing cART among individuals initiating cART, and with 1-year virological success after cART initiation were assessed using multivariable logistic regression models. Sex, age, region of origin [Western Europe, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) or other], HIV transmission group, baseline AIDS status, CD4 cell count and plasma viral load (VL), and hepatitis B and/or C virus infection were considered in the analyses. RESULTS Among 912 individuals, only 584 (64%) started cART during the study period. After adjustment, migrants from SSA were half as likely to initiate cART and to have a subsequent virological response compared with individuals from Western Europe [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.54; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.36-0.82; and aOR 0.52; 95% CI 0.28-0.98, respectively]. PI-containing cART was more frequently prescribed in migrants from SSA, in people with lower CD4 cell counts and in people with higher VL. CONCLUSIONS Even in the context of universal cART recommendations and of free access to care, migrants from SSA still have delayed access to cART and a lower virological response. Efforts are still necessary to provide immediate cART to all people living with HIV.
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- C Gatey
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Est Paris Area COREVIH (Regional Coordination of the fight against HIV infection), Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Est Paris Area COREVIH (Regional Coordination of the fight against HIV infection), Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Marc Jacquet Hospital, Melun, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis-Lariboisière-Fernand Widal Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Bobigny, France.,Laboratory Health Education and Practice (LEPS EA 3412), Paris 13 University, Bobigny, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Intercommunal Hospital Centre, Créteil, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.,Est Paris Area COREVIH (Regional Coordination of the fight against HIV infection), Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.,University of Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris University, Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France.,University of Paris Saclay, Paris-Sud University, UVSQ, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,CESP INSERM U1018, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose is to describe and understand the sociodemographic determinants of survival in people living with HIV within high-income countries in the context of the current recommendation of universal antiretroviral therapy for all HIV-infected persons, irrespective of their CD4 cell count. RECENT FINDINGS Survival rates in people living with HIV have experienced remarkable increases in the last decade because of more efficacious and well tolerated treatments. Still, these improvements are unevenly distributed between regions across the world as well as within regions. HIV outcomes are heavily influenced by what are known as the 'social determinants' of health which have traditionally encompassed the gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic axes. The evidence that these social determinants are now more important than before (more and earlier interventions are now available), has become stronger in the last 2 years. SUMMARY Because antiretroviral therapy is now recommended for all HIV-infected persons, sociodemographic factors limiting access to testing, treatment, and retention in care will undoubtedly jeopardize the UNAIDS aspirational objective to end AIDS by 2030. Innovative interventions targeting individuals with social vulnerability are urgently needed to ensure that social inequalities do not continue to be linked with higher mortality.
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Brief Report: Prolonged Viral Suppression Over a 12-Year Follow-up of HIV-Infected Patients: The Persistent Impact of Adherence at 4 Months After Initiation of Combined Antiretroviral Therapy in the ANRS CO8 APROCO-COPILOTE Cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017; 74:293-297. [PMID: 27861235 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The effect of early adherence on long-term viral suppression was assessed among 1281 patients with HIV starting a protease inhibitor-containing regimen in 1997-1999, followed up to 12 years. Association between 4-month adherence (3-level score) and prolonged viral suppression was evaluated using a multivariate mixed logistic model in 891 eligible patients. High 4-months adherence [odds ratio (95% confidence interval): 3.72 (1.98 to 6.98)] was associated with long-term prolonged viral suppression, irrespective of maintenance adherence. This unexpected long-term virological impact of early adherence reinforces the message that, when starting antiretrovirals, all means should be mobilized to ensure optimum early adherence to achieve prolonged antiretroviral success.
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Sub-Saharan African migrants have slower initial CD4+ cell recovery after combined antiretroviral treatment initiation than French natives. AIDS 2017; 31:1323-1332. [PMID: 28492394 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Poorer immunologic responses to combined antiretroviral treatment (cART) have been reported among sub-Saharan African (SSA) migrants than among native Europeans. We studied whether differences in CD4 cell recovery between French natives and SSA migrants starting first-line cART could be explained by differences in socioeconomic conditions, inflammatory marker levels, and other established determinants. METHODS We compared 319 French natives and 175 SSA migrants (ANRS-COPANA cohort). Clinical, biological, and socioeconomic data (education, employment, income, and cohabiting partnership) were recorded at regular visits. A piecewise linear mixed-effects model was used to analyze CD4 cell count kinetics on cART. RESULTS Compared with French natives, SSA migrants were more frequently women, younger, less educated, living in more adverse conditions, and had more frequent symptoms of depression. The rate of CD4 cell recovery during the first 4 months on cART was significantly slower in SSA migrants, despite a similar virologic response, but did not differ significantly thereafter. The mean CD4 cell count rose from 251 cells/μl at baseline to 508 cells/μl at 36 months in migrants, and from 308 to 623 cells/μl in natives (additional mean gain of 58 cells/μl in natives). The difference persisted after adjustment for clinical, updated socioeconomic, and living conditions (-0.40√CD4 cells/month, P = 0.04); 25-hydroxyvitamin D, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (sTNFR1) levels were lower in SSA migrants, but only sTNFR1 contributed to the difference in CD4 slope. CONCLUSION Initial CD4 cell recovery on cART was slower among SSA migrants than among French natives. This difference was not explained by established clinical and biological determinants or by socioeconomic status.
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Timing of combined antiretroviral treatment initiation in male and female migrants living with HIV in Western Europe. AIDS 2017; 31:835-846. [PMID: 28272136 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND We evaluate differences in timing of cART (combined antiretroviral treatment) initiation by geographical origin in male and female HIV-positive patients in the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe, a large European Collaboration of HIV Cohorts. METHODS We included individuals recruited in Western Europe between January 1997 and March 2013, with known geographical origin and at least 1 CD4 cell count measurement while cART-naive. Timing of cART was assessed through modified time-to-event methods, in which a scale of CD4 cell counts was used instead of time, with cART being the outcome. We estimated the median CD4 cell count at cART initiation (estimated CD4 levels at which the probability of having started cART is 50%) using Kaplan-Meier and adjusted hazard ratios of cART initiation using Cox regression. RESULTS Of 151 674 individuals, 110 592 (72.9%) were men. Median (95% confidence interval) CD4 cell count falls far below 250 cells/μl in all groups and was lowest in sub-Saharan African [SSA: 161 (158-167)], Caribbean men [161 (150-174)] and in Asian women [Asian Continent and Oceania: 185 (165-197)]. Among men, the adjusted probability of cART initiation was lower in migrants compared with natives, but differences depended on initial CD4 cell count. For example, in the group with more than 500 CD4 at recruitment, they were 45% (36-53%), 30% (17-40%) and 25% (19-30%) lower for Caribbean, Eastern European and SSA men, respectively. In women, no meaningful differences were observed between natives and most migrant groups. However, SSA women had a 31% (24-38%) higher probability of cART initiation when recruited at a CD4 more than 500 cells/μl and 9% (4-14%) lower when recruited at CD4 less than 100 cells/μl. CONCLUSION Most migrant men initiate cART at lower CD4 cell count than natives, whereas this does not hold for migrant women.
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Saracino A, Lorenzini P, Lo Caputo S, Girardi E, Castelli F, Bonfanti P, Rusconi S, Caramello P, Abrescia N, Mussini C, Monno L, d'Arminio Monforte A. Increased risk of virologic failure to the first antiretroviral regimen in HIV-infected migrants compared to natives: data from the ICONA cohort. Clin Microbiol Infect 2015; 22:288.e1-8. [PMID: 26551839 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Migrant and Italian HIV-infected patients (n = 5773) enrolled in the ICONA cohort in 2004-2014 were compared for disparities in access to an initial antiretroviral regimen and/or risk of virologic failure (VF), and determinants of failure were evaluated. Variables associated with initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) were analysed. Primary endpoint was time to failure after at least 6 months of ART and was defined as: VF, first of two consecutive virus loads (VL) >200 copies/mL; treatment discontinuation (TD) for any reason; and treatment failure as confirmed VL >200 copies/mL or TD. A Poisson multivariable analysis was performed to control for confounders. Migrants presented significantly lower CD4 counts and more frequent AIDS events at baseline. When adjusting for baseline confounders, migrants presented a lower likelihood to begin ART (odds ratio 0.80, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.67-0.95, p 0.012). After initiating ART, the incidence VF rate was 6.4 per 100 person-years (95% CI 4.8-8.5) in migrants and 2.7 in natives (95% CI 2.2-3.3). Multivariable analysis confirmed that migrants had a higher risk of VF (incidence rate ratio 1.90, 95% CI 1.25-2.91, p 0.003) and treatment failure (incidence rate ratio 1.16, 95% CI 1.01-1.33, p 0.031), with no differences for TD. Among migrants, variables associated with VF were age, unemployment and use of a boosted protease inhibitor-based regimen versus nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Despite the use of more potent and safer drugs in the last 10 years, and even in a universal health care setting, migrants living with HIV still present barriers to initiating ART and an increased risk of VF compared to natives.
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- A Saracino
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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- Clinical Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Santissima Annunziata Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'L. Spallanzani,' IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- University Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera Lecco, Lecco, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Disease, L. Sacco University Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit I, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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