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14 Blood Flagellates Flashcards

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Causative agent of leishmaniasis

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Leishmania donovani (most important)
L major
L brasiliensis

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Small, dark teardrop-shaped

Motile due to presence of flagella

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Leishmania amastigotes

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Vector of leishmaniasis

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Sandfly

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Sandfly

Endemic in old-world countries (Europe, Asian and African countries)

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Plebotomus

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Sandfly

Endemic in new-world countries (America)

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Lutzomiya

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Primary reservoir hosts of Leishmania

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Dogs (L. infantum)

Humans (L. donovani, L.tropica)

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Modes of transmission of Leishmania

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Blood-borne:
Blood transfusion
Wound contamination
Exposure to contaminated samples
Vertical transmission
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Infective stage of Leishmania

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Promastigotes

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What ingests the promastigotes as they enter the bloodstream

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Macrophage

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Promastigotes in the macrophages will become ____, which will reproduce via binary fission

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Mastigotes

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Also known as Baghdad ulcer, Delhi boil, Bouton d’ Orient
Least severe form of leishmaniasis
Symptoms include craters and erosions

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)

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Most common species that cause CL

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L. major

Others include L. tropica, L. infantum

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Mostly seen in South America

Caused by L. braziliensis

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Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL)

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Skin ulcers in MCL

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Chiclero ulcers

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AKA Parrot’s beak or Camel nose

Massive tissue destruction of the mucus membranes of the mouth and nose

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Espundia

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Morbidity is higher compared to MCL and CL
Affects big area of the body, but can also be found in localized areas of the skin
Resembles lepromatous leprosy

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Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL)

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What causes DCL

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L. aethiopica

L. mexicana

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Symptoms of DCL

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Disseminated and chronic skin lesions

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Most serious form of leishmaniasis
Has more than 95% mortality
Affects visceral organs

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Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL)

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Etiologic agents of VL

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L. donovani

L. chagasi

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Double quotidian fever
Weight loss
Prominent hepatomegaly, splenomegaly
Anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia

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VL

Kala azar

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Diagnosing leishmaniasis

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Direct visualization
Freeze-dried direct agglutination test
rK39 Dipstick
Latex agglutination urine test
Leishmanin (Montenegro) skin test
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Primary confirmatory diagnosis

Gold standard for confirming leishmaniasis

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Direct visualization

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Direct visualization uses tissue aspirate from:

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Spleen
Bone marrow
Lymph nodes

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Direct visualization is unsuitable for filed use because:

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Invasive

Low sensitivity

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Detects antibodies

Rapid diagnostic test, hence, used in field

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Freeze-dried direct agglutination test (DAT)

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Based on recombinant antigen of Leishmania parasite

Being investigated for use in active case detection

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rK39 Dipstick

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Detects Leishmania antigens

Used among patients who have a compromised immune response

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Latex agglutination urine test

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Rapid diagnostic test used to detect exposure
Used for CL and MCL
Similar to an allergy test (PPD), wherein you inject an antigen and wait for delayed hypersensitvity region

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Leismanin (Montenegro) skin test

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Immunity against further infection can be attained

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Leishmanization

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Three methods of leishmanization

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Intentional biting
Pus inoculation
Cultured promastigotes

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Natural immunization

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Intentional biting

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Gets pus draining form lesion and inoculate into another person
if person is healthy enough, he will develop antibodies

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Pus inoculation

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34
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Live attenuated vaccination

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Cultured promastigotes

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Treatment for leishmaniasis

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Antimonate-containing drugs (Pentavalent antimony drugs):
Meglumine antimonite
Sodium antimony gluconate

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Prevention and control methods of leishmaniasis

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Vector control (insect repellants, insecticides, kulambo)
Reservoir control (poisoned baits)
37
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Opportunistic AIDS infection

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Leishmaniasis

38
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New drug for treating leishmaniasis

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Sitamaquine

Oral aminoquinolone

39
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Also known as Human African Trypanosomiasis or African sleeping sickness

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African trypanosoma

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Majority of the cases of African trypanosoma come from ____

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Causative agents of African trypanosoma

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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
T. brucei gambiense
T. brucei brucei

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East and Southern Africa
2% of cases
Faster killer but less prevalent (more fatal because there are less cases)

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T. brucei rhodiense

43
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West and Central Africa
Has the most number of cases (98%)
Slower killer than T. b. rhodesiense

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T. b. gambiense

44
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Cattle disease only

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T. b. brucei

45
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Vector of African trypanosoma

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Tse-tse fly (Glossina spp)

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Reservoir hosts of African trypanosoma

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Dogs, pigs, cattle, wild animals

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Infective stage of T. b. rhodiense

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Metacyclic trypomastigotes

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When tsetse flies are infected via blood ingestion, trypomastigotes become ____ in the gut

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Procyclic trypomastigotes

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Phases of African trypanosoma

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Initial
Early
Late

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Chancre formation (Dermolytic lesion)
Pruritic lesion
Lasts for 2-3 weeks

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Initial Phase

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A local, hard, painful lesion at the site of inoculation

52
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Heals by itself

A piece of dead tissue that is cast off from the surface of the skin

53
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Parasitic proliferation
Systemic
Lasts 1-6 months
S/s include relapsing fever, headache, malaise, anemia, joint and muscle pains, Winterbottom sign

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Early phase (hemolymphatic phase)

54
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Enlarged posterior cervical lymph nodes

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Winterbottom sign

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Morbidity of the disease is seen
Involvement of the CNS
S/s include apathy, behavioral changes, headaches, sleep pattern changes, convulsions, speech defects, splenomegaly, Kerandel’s sign, paralysis, progress to coma

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Late phase (Meningoencephalitic phase)

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Deep, delayed, bilateral hyperesthesia

Exaggerated response to any stimuli, particularly pain

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Kerandel’s sign

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Mainly an immune-mediated hypersensitivity reaction due to parasite antigens acting on RBC, cardiac tissue and brain tissue

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African trypanosoma

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Diagnosis of African trypanosom

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Direct visualization

Card agglutination test for trypanosome

59
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Gold standard
Visualizes highly motile trypomastigotes
Mainly used in the early phase
Invasive

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Direct visualization

60
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Useful for screening fo T.b. gambiense
No comparable test for T. b. rhodesiense
Rapid and specific
Useful in the field setting

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Card agglutination test for trypanosome (CATT)

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For early stage of T. b. gambiense infection

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For early stage of T. b. rhodiense infection

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First line drug for late-stage disease of both forms of sleeping sickness
Removed due to toxicity and growing resistance

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Melarsoprol

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Current first line drug for T. b. gambiense sleeping sickness patients who do not respond to melarsoprol
Ressurection drug

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Eflornithine

65
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Chagas disease

Majority of the cases come from Mexico, Central America and South America

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South American Trypanosoma

66
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Causative agent of Chagas disease

Has flagella

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Trypanosoma cruzi

67
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Zoonotic disease that can be transmitted to humans by blood-sucking triatomine bugs

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Chagas disease

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Infection of Chagas disease is most commonly acquried thorugh contact with ____ of an infected insect

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Common triatomine vector species for Chagas disease belong to genera:

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Triatoma
Rhodnius
Panstrongylus

70
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Main vector for South American trypanosoma

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Triatomine/Reduviid/Assassin bug

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Triatomine bug releases infective ______ in its feces near the site of bite wound

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Metacyclic trypomastigotes

72
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Metacyclic trypomastigoes enter host’s mucosal membranes and differentiate into ______

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Intracellular amastigotes

73
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Trypanosome amastigotes multiply by binary fission and differentiate into ____. which burst out and are released into bloodstream

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Mature trypomastigotes

74
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If the trypomastigotes are ingested by the triatomine bug, these transform into ____ in the vector’s midgut

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Epimastigotes

75
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Diagnostic stage of T. cruzi

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Amastigotes

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Initial small furunculoid lesion at the bite site

77
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Swollen palpebrae
Due to conjunctival point of entry
Painless but may be itchy on intial bite
Persist up to 2 months
Bugs bite at mucosal areas due to moisture present
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Romana sign

78
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Acute phase of Chagas disease include these s/s:

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Chagoma
Fever and lymphadenopathy
Romana sign

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Problematic phase, in which parasites are already proliferating inside the patients
Could last from months to years
Marked by fibrotic reactions

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Indeterminate chronic phase

80
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Diagnostic methods for Chagas disease

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Direct visualization
Indirect test
Imaging test

81
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Gold standard
Involves observation of rapid movement of live trypomastigotes
Only useful during first 2 months

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Direct visualization

82
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Immunologic tests
Hemoculture in liver infusion tryptose medium
Xenodiagnosis (use of live Triatomina bugs)

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Indirect test

83
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Treatment for Chagas disease

Inhibits unique enzyme trypanothione reductase

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Nifurtimox

Benznidazole

84
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Treatment for cardiopathy caused by Chagas disease

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Allopurinol, itraconazole

Heart transplants

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Preventive and control methods against Chagas disease

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Vector control

Transfusional control

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