Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 0107 • ACR Convergence 2021
Acceptability of the COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases and Healthcare Professionals in 19 Arab Countries
Lina El Kibbi¹, Mona Metawee¹, Ihsane Hmamouchi², Nizar Abdulateef³, Hussein Halabi⁴, Mervat Eissa⁵, Manal El Rakawi⁶, Basel Masri⁷, Fatemah Abutiban⁸, Wafa Hamdi⁹, Asal Adnan³, Antonella Abi Najm¹⁰, Renaud Felten¹¹, Laurent Arnaud¹¹ and Nelly Ziade¹², ¹Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Rheumatology Unit, Temara Hospital, Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Epidemiology (LBRCE), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁴King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Douera Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saad Dahlab, Blida, Algeria, ⁷Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Jaber Alahmed Alsabah Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Kassab Institute of Orthopedics, UR17SP04, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia, ¹⁰Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, French National Reference Center for Autoimmune Diseases (CRMR RESO), Strasbourg, France, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Saint-Joseph Medical University and Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Background/Purpose: The first COVID-19 vaccines were authorized in December 2020. However, their acceptability remains debated and has never been evaluated in patients with chronic rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 0390 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vaccination Against COVID-19: Self-Reported Experiences of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort
Kimberly Showalter¹, Jessica Gordon¹, Yin Wu², Linda Kwakkenbos³, Marie-Eve Carrier⁴, Richard Henry², Nora Østbø², Julia Nordlund², Angelica Bourgeault², Mara Canedo Ayala², Marie-Nicole Discepola², Andrea Carboni Jiménez², Christopher Denton⁵, Luc Mouthon⁶, Brett Thombs⁷ and Robert Spiera¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Department of Clinical Psychology, Radboud University Behavioural Science Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Centre de Référence Maladies Autoimmunes Systémiques Rares d'Ile de France, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ⁷Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for individuals with rheumatic diseases, yet data are limited regarding vaccine safety in this population, particularly among those with rare…
Abstract Number: 0866 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characteristics Associated with Poor COVID-19 Outcomes in People with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA)
Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹, Graciela Alarcn², Andrea Seet³, Zara Izadi³, Ali Duarte-Garcia⁴, Cristina Reategui-Sokolova⁵, Ann Clarke⁶, Leanna Wise⁷, Guillermo Pons-Estel⁸, Maria José Santos⁹, Sasha Bernatsky¹⁰, Sandra Lúcia Ribeiro¹¹, Samar Al Emadi¹², Jeffrey Sparks¹³, Tiffany Hsu¹⁴, Kristin D'Silva¹⁵, Naomi Patel¹⁵, Emily Gilbert¹⁶, Maria Valenzuela-Almada¹⁷, Andreas Jnsen¹⁸, Gianpiero Landolfi¹⁹, Micaela Fredi²⁰, Tiphaine Goulenok²¹, Mathilde Devaux²², Xavier Mariette²³, Viviane Queyrel²⁴, Vasco C Romão²⁵, Graça Sequeira²⁶, Rebecca Hasseli²⁷, Bimba Franziska Hoyer²⁸, Reinhard Voll²⁹, Christof Specker³⁰, Roberto Baez³¹, Vanessa Castro Coello³², Edgard Neto³³, Gilda Ferreira³⁴, Odirlei Andre Monticielo³⁵, Emily Sirotich³⁶, Jean Liew³⁷, Jonathan Hausmann³⁸, Paul Sufka³⁹, Rebecca Grainger⁴⁰, Suleman Bhana⁴¹, Wendy Costello⁴², Zachary Wallace⁴³, Lindsay Jacobsohn⁴⁴, Anja Strangfeld⁴⁵, Elsa Frazão Mateus⁴⁶, Kimme Hyrich⁴⁷, Laure Gossec⁴⁸, Loreto Carmona¹, Saskia Lawson-Tovey⁴⁷, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet⁴⁹, Martin Schaefer⁵⁰, Pedro Machado⁵¹, Philip Robinson⁵², Milena Gianfrancesco³ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, ⁸Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas (CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ¹⁰McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Amazonas, Brazil, ¹²Hamad medical corporation, Doha, Qatar, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, ¹⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁶Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁸Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ¹⁹Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ²⁰Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²¹Internal Medicine Department, Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France, ²²Service de Médecine Interne, CHI Poissy Saint Germain, Poissy, France, ²³Université Paris- Saclay, Rheumatology, Paris, France, ²⁴University Hospital of Nice, Nice, France, ²⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and European Reference Network on Rare Connective Tissue and Musculoskeletal Diseases Network (ERN-ReCONNET); Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁶Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Unidade de Faro, Faro, Portugal, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany., Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²⁸Universittsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, ²⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ³⁰Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ³¹Hospital Francisco Lopez Lima, General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, ³²Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³³UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³⁴Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ³⁵Serviço de Reumatologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ³⁶McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³⁷Boston University, Boston, MA, ³⁸Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ³⁹HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, ⁴⁰University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ⁴¹Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, ⁴²Irish Children's Arthritis Network, Bansha, Ireland, ⁴³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁴⁴University of California San Francisco, Antioch, CA, ⁴⁵Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴⁶Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas (LPCDR), Lisbon, Portugal, ⁴⁷University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴⁸Sorbonne Université; APHP, Rheumatology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴⁹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵⁰German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁵¹Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵²Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Background/Purpose: Preliminary data in people with SLE suggested that disease activity as well as SLE treatment at time of COVID-19 acquisition impact COVID-19 outcomes over…
Abstract Number: 1066 • ACR Convergence 2021
Evaluation of a Non-Face to Face Multidisciplinary Health Care Model in a Population with Rheumatoid ArthritisVulnerable to Covid-19 in a Health Emergency Situation
Pedro Santos-Moreno¹, Rosangela Casanova², Gabriel-Santiago Rodríguez-Vargas², Laura Villareal¹, Jaime-Andrés Rubio², Josefina Chávez-Chávez², Diana Patricia Rivera-Triana², Ruth Alexandra Castiblanco-Montañez², Sandra Milena Hernández-Zambrano² and Adriana Rojas-Villarraga², ¹BIOMAB IPS, Bogotá, Colombia, ²Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud-FUCS, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted everyday practice pattern of health care in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The objective was to evaluate the implementation of a…
Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Infection Among Autoimmune/Auto-inflammatory Rheumatic Disease Patients: Data from an Observational Study
Clio Mavragani¹, Athanasios-Dimitrios Bakasis², Kyriaki Boki³, Athanasios Tzioufas⁴, Panayiotis Vlachoyiannopoulos¹, Ioanna Stergiou⁵, Fotini Skopouli⁶ and Haralampos Moutsopoulos⁷, ¹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²1 Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ³3 Rheumatology Unit, Sismanoglio General Hospital, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁴Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, ⁶Department of Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁷Athens Academy of Athens, Chair Medical Sciences/Immunology, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: The impact of COVID-19 infection in patients with autoimmune/auto-inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AARD) under immunomodulatory treatment is not entirely clear and deeper knowledge is of…
Abstract Number: 1544 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Course and Risk Factors for Severe/Critical COVID-19 in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases – a Multicenter, Nationwide Study
Sofia Carvalho Barreira¹, Ana Rita Cruz-Machado¹, Matilde Bandeira¹, Catarina Duarte², Maria Rato³, Bruno Fernandes⁴, Salomé Garcia³, Filipe Pinheiro³, Miguel Bernardes³, Nathalie Madeira⁵, Cláudia Miguel⁵, Rita Torres⁶, Ana Bento Silva⁶, Jorge Pestana⁷, Diogo Almeida⁸, Carolina Mazeda⁹, Filipe Cunha Santos¹⁰, Patrícia Pinto¹¹, Marlene Sousa¹², Hugo Parente¹³, Graca Sequeira¹⁴, Maria José Santos⁷, João Eurico Fonseca¹⁵ and Vasco C Romão¹⁵, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon Academic Medical Center; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ²Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João EPE, Braga, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, ⁹Rheumatology Department - Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga and Ibimed, Institute for Biomedicine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Local Health Unit of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Gaia, Portugal, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal., Ponte de Lima, Portugal, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and European Reference Network on Rare Connective Tissue and Musculoskeletal Diseases Network (ERN-ReCONNET); Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, some studies have addressed risk factors for severe forms of the disease in patients with rheumatic diseases.…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2021
B Cell Reconstitution Is Strongly Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Responsiveness in Rheumatic Disease Patients Treated with Rituximab
Sarah Jinich, Deanna Jannat-Khah and Robert Spiera, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) has previously been shown to impair antibody response to vaccines such as influenza and streptococcus. Recently, diminished COVID-19 vaccine responsiveness in RTX…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2021
Perceptions About COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Enrolled in a National Patient Registry
Maria I. Danila¹, Kelly Gavigan², Esteban Rivera², Michael George³, Jeffrey Curtis⁴, William Nowell² and Shilpa Venkatachalam², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 vaccine confidence is key to promoting vaccination efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among people with rheumatic diseases. The goal of this…
Abstract Number: 1640 • ACR Convergence 2021
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children at Two Tertiary Hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa: Clinical Phenotype and Distinguishing Features from Similar Acute Inflammatory Conditions
Claire Butters¹, Deepthi Abraham², Heidi Facey-Thomas¹, Debbie Abrahams¹, Ayodele Faleye³, Helena Rabie², Christiaan Scott⁴, Liesl Zühlke⁵ and Kate Webb⁶, ¹Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ²Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, ³Lagos state university teaching hospital Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, ⁴University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Science, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁵Paediatric Cardiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁶University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Distinguishing Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) from acute, pyrexial childhood illness can be challenging.…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vaccination of Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: An Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in a Prospective Cohort
Ioana Andreica, Iulia Roman, Xenofon Baraliakos, Juergen Braun and Uta Kiltz, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts.) with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD) are often not adequately protected against infectious diseases. As shown in an earlier study, less than…
Abstract Number: 0108 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Akhil Sood¹, Vijaya Murthy¹ and Emilio Gonzalez², ¹University of Texas Medical Branch, League City, TX, ²University of Texas Medical Branch (utmb Health), Galveston, TX
Background/Purpose: The mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has shown efficacy in large vaccine trials. However, patients on immunosuppressive therapies including those with rheumatic disease (RD) were excluded.…
Abstract Number: 0437 • ACR Convergence 2021
Factors Associated with Reduced Immunogenicity of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (AIIRD) Treated with Rituximab
Victoria Furer¹, Tali Eviatar², Devy Zisman³, Hagit Peleg⁴, Daphna Paran⁵, David Levartovsky¹, Ilana Kaufman⁶, Michael Zisapel¹, Ofir Elalouf⁷, Roni Meidan¹, Adi Broyde⁸, Ari Polachek⁹, Jonathan Wollman⁷, Katya Meridor¹⁰, Hila Nochomovitz¹, Adi Silberman¹, Dana Rosenberg¹, Joy Feld¹¹, Amir Haddad¹², Tal Gazitt¹³, Muna Elias³, Nizar Hijaze¹⁴, Fadi Kharouf⁴, Gabi Shefer¹, Orly Sharon¹, Sara Pel¹, Sharon Nevo¹ and Ori Elkayam¹⁵, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Givataim, Israel, ³Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov Hospital, Even Yehuda, Israel, ⁶Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Petach Tiqwa, Israel, ⁷Tel Aviv Medical Center, Herzliya, Israel, ⁸Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, KIBBUTZ GIVAT HAIM I, Israel, ⁹Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ¹⁰Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel, ¹¹Carmel and Zvulun Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ¹²Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ¹³Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁴Carmel medical centre, Tamra, Israel, ¹⁵Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) has been associated with impaired humoral response to vaccination. This study aim was to identify the predictors for a lack of humoral…
Abstract Number: 0876 • ACR Convergence 2021
Antibody Response in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus After a Two-dose Regimen with SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines (Preliminary Results)
Emilie Stavnsbjerg Larsen¹, Anna Christine Nilsson², Ulrik Stenz Justesen¹, Anne Voss³ and Isik Somuncu Johansen⁴, ¹Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark, ²Odense Universitets Hospital, Odense C, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark, ⁴Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) often receive immunosuppressive treatment for many years, resulting in higher risk of infections, including COVID-19, and infections may…
Abstract Number: 1067 • ACR Convergence 2021
Experiences of Self-Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Qualitative Study
Jenny Leese¹, Catherine L. Backman¹, Jasmin Ma¹, Cheryl Koehn², Alison Hoens³, Kelly English³, Eileen Davidson⁴, Shanon McQuitty³, James Gavin⁵, Jo Adams⁵, Stephanie Thierren⁶ and Linda Li¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Consumer Experts, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ⁵University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁶Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to manage their self-care, such as being physically active, maintaining emotional wellbeing,…
Abstract Number: 1524 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Adverse Events Among Patients on Immunosuppressive Therapy in the Rheumatology Clinic Caring for an Underserved Population
Suguni Gallappaththy¹, Sarah Ifteqar² and Amr Edrees³, ¹University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, KS, ²UMKC, Kansas City, MO, ³UMKC, Overland Park, KS
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease (AIRD) are at a higher risk for serious infections due to a combination of disease related immune dysfunction…

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