Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon between 1971 and 2020

Niamsi-Emalio, Y., Nana-Djeunga, H. C., Fronterrè, C., Shrestha, H., Nko’Ayissi, G. B., Mpaba Minkat, T. M., Kamgno, J., Basáñez, M.-G. & Tamarozzi, F. (Editor), 28/03/2025, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 19, 3, e0012250.

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Preconception and Prenatal Environment and Growth Faltering Among Children in Uganda

Ssentongo, P., Fronterre, C., Ericson, J. E., Wang, M., Al-Shaar, L., Greatrex, H., Omadi, P. O., Muvawala, J., Greybush, S. J., Mbabazi, P. K., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Muwanguzi, A. J. B. & Schiff, S. J., 3/03/2025, In: JAMA Network Open. 8, 3, e251122.

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Cost-effectiveness of comparative survey designs for helminth control programs: Post-hoc cost analysis and modelling of the Kenyan national school-based deworming program

Minnery, M., Okoyo, C., Morgan, G., Wang, A., Johnson, O., Fronterre, C., Montresor, A., Campbell, S. J., Mwandawiro, C. & Diggle, P., 2/12/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 18, 12, e0011583.

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A geospatial analysis of local intermediate snail host distributions provides insight into schistosomiasis risk within under-sampled areas of southern Lake Malawi

Reed, A. L., Al-Harbi, M. H., Makaula, P., Condemine, C., Hesketh, J., Archer, J., Jones, S., Kayuni, S. A., Musaya, J., Stanton, M. C., Stothard, J. R., Fronterre, C. & Jewell, C., 27/06/2024, In: Parasites & vectors. 17, 1, 272.

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A Comparison of Markov and Mechanistic Models for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Prevalence Projections in the Context of Survey Design

Eyre, M. T., Bulstra, C. A., Johnson, O., de Vlas, S. J., Diggle, P. J., Fronterrè, C. & Coffeng, L. E., 15/05/2024, In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 78, Suppl. 2, p. S146-S152 7 p.

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An Ensemble Framework for Projecting the Impact of Lymphatic Filariasis Interventions Across Sub-Saharan Africa at a Fine Spatial Scale

Touloupou, P., Fronterre, C., Cano, J., Prada, J. M., Smith, M., Kontoroupis, P., Brown, P., Rivera, R. C., de Vlas, S. J., Gunawardena, S., Irvine, M. A., Njenga, S. M., Reimer, L., Seife, F., Sharma, S., Michael, E., Stolk, W. A., Pulan, R., Spencer, S. E. F. & Hollingsworth, T. D., 15/05/2024, In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 78, Suppl. 2, p. S108-S116 9 p.

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Using a model-based geostatistical approach to design and analyse the prevalence of schistosomiasis in Kenya

Okoyo, C., Minnery, M., Orowe, I., Owaga, C., Wambugu, C., Olick, N., Hagemann, J., Omondi, W. P., Gichuki, P. M., McCracken, K., Montresor, A., Fronterre, C., Diggle, P. & Mwandawiro, C., 2/11/2023, In: Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 4, 1240617.

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Model-based geostatistical design and analysis of prevalence for soil-transmitted helminths in Kenya: Results from ten-years of the Kenya national school-based deworming programme

Okoyo, C., Minnery, M., Orowe, I., Owaga, C., Campbell, S. J., Wambugu, C., Olick, N., Hagemann, J., Omondi, W. P., McCracken, K., Montresor, A., Medley, G. F., Fronterre, C., Diggle, P. & Mwandawiro, C., 31/10/2023, In: Heliyon. 9, 10, e20695.

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Modernizing the design and analysis of prevalence surveys for neglected tropical diseases

Diggle, P. J., Fronterre, C., Gass, K., Hundley, L., Niles-Robin, R., Sampson, A., Morice, A. & Scholte, R. C., 9/10/2023, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 378, 1887

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Neonatal Paenibacilliosis: Paenibacillus infection as a Novel Cause of Sepsis in Term Neonates with High Risk of Sequelae in Uganda

Ericson, J. E., Burgoine, K., Kumbakumba, E., Ochora, M., Hehnly, C., Bajunirwe, F., Bazira, J., Fronterre, C., Hagmann, C., Kulkarni, A. V., Kumar, M. S., Magombe, J., Mbabazi-Kabachelor, E., Morton, S. U., Movassagh, M., Mugamba, J., Mulondo, R., Natukwatsa, D., Nsubuga Kaaya, B. & Olupot-Olupot, P. & 12 others, Onen, J., Sheldon, K., Smith, J., Ssentongo, P., Ssenyonga, P., Warf, B., Wegoye, E., Zhang, L., Kiwanuka, J., Paulson, J. N., Broach, J. R. & Schiff, S. J., 11/09/2023, In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 77, 5, p. 768-775 8 p.

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Paenibacillus spp infection among infants with postinfectious hydrocephalus in Uganda: an observational case-control study

Morton, S. U., Hehnly, C., Burgoine, K., Ssentongo, P., Ericson, J. E., Kumar, M. S., Hagmann, C., Fronterre, C., Smith, J., Movassagh, M., Streck, N., Bebell, L. M., Bazira, J., Kumbakumba, E., Bajunirwe, F., Mulondo, R., Mbabazi-Kabachelor, E., Nsubuga, B. K., Natukwatsa, D. & Nalule, E. & 19 others, Magombe, J., Erickson, T., Ngonzi, J., Ochora, M., Olupot-Olupot, P., Onen, J., Ssenyonga, P., Mugamba, J., Warf, B. C., Kulkarni, A. V., Lane, J., Whalen, A. J., Zhang, L., Sheldon, K., Meier, F. A., Kiwanuka, J., Broach, J. R., Paulson, J. N. & Schiff, S. J., 31/08/2023, In: The Lancet. Microbe. 4, 8, p. e601-e611 11 p.

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1328. Paenibacillosis: An Emerging Cause of Neonatal Sepsis and Postinfectious Hydrocephalus

Ericson, J. E., Burgoine, K., Hehnly, C., Kumbakumba, E., Ochora, M., Bajunirwe, F., Bazira, J., Fronterre, C., Hagmann, C., Kulkarni, A., Senthil Kumar, M., Magombe, J., Mbabazi-Kabachelor, E., Morton, S., Movassagh, M., Mugamba, J., Mulondo, R., Muwanguzi, A., Natukwatsa, D. & Kaaya, B. N. & 13 others, Olupot-Olupot, P., Onen, J., Sheldon, K., Smith, J., Ssentongo, P., Ssenyonga, P., Warf, B., Wegoye, E., Zhang, L., Broach, J., Kiwanuka, J., Paulson, J. & Schiff, S., 15/12/2022, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9, Supplement_2

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Estimating the burden of mycetoma in Sudan for the period 1991–2018 using a model-based geostatistical approach

Hassan, R., Cano, J., Fronterre, C., Bakhiet, S., Fahal, A., Deribe, K., Newport, M. & Nosanchuk, J. (Editor), 14/10/2022, In: PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 16, 10, 15 p., e0010795.

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Correction to: Model-based geostatistics enables more precise estimates of neglected tropical-disease prevalence in elimination settings: mapping trachoma prevalence in Ethiopia

Amoah, B., Fronterre, C., Johnson, O., Dejene, M., Seife, F., Negussu, N., Bakhtiari, A., Harding-Esch, E. M., Giorgi, E., Solomon, A. W. & Diggle, P. J., 13/06/2022, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 51, 3, p. 1036-1036 1 p.

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Cytomegalovirus Infections in Ugandan Infants: Newborn-Mother Pairs, Neonates with Sepsis, and Infants with Hydrocephalus

Hehnly, C., Ssentongo, P., Bebell, L. M., Burgoine, K., Bazira, J., Fronterre, C., Kumbakumba, E., Mulondo, R., Mbabazi-Kabachelor, E., Morton, S. U., Ngonzi, J., Ochora, M., Olupot-Olupot, P., Onen, J., Roberts, D. J., Sheldon, K., Sinnar, S. A., Smith, J., Ssenyonga, P. & Paulson, J. N. & 4 others, Meier, F. A., Ericson, J. E., Broach, J. R. & Schiff, S. J., 31/05/2022, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 118, p. 24-33 10 p.

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Model-based geostatistics enables more precise estimates of neglected tropical-disease prevalence in elimination settings: mapping trachoma prevalence in Ethiopia

Amoah, B., Fronterre, C., Johnson, O., Dejene, M., Seife, F., Negussu, N., Bakhtiari, A., Harding-Esch, E. M., Giorgi, E., Solomon, A. W. & Diggle, P., 30/04/2022, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 51, 2, p. 468-478 11 p.

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SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccine effectiveness in England (REACT-1): a series of cross-sectional random community surveys

COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium, 30/04/2022, In: Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 10, 4, p. 355-366 12 p.

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Mapping Cancer in Africa: A Comprehensive and Comparable Characterization of 34 Cancer Types Using Estimates From GLOBOCAN 2020

Sharma, R., Aashima, Nanda, M., Fronterre, C., Sewagudde, P., Ssentongo, A. E., Yenney, K., Arhin, N. D., Oh, J., Amponsah-Manu, F. & Ssentongo, P., 25/04/2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 14 p., 839835.

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Geostatistical modelling enables efficient safety assessment for mass drug administration with ivermectin in Loa loa endemic areas through a combined antibody and LoaScope testing strategy for elimination of onchocerciasis

Johnson, O., Giorgi, E., Fronterrè, C., Amoah, B., Atsame, J., Ella, S. N., Biamonte, M., Ogoussan, K., Hundley, L., Gass, K., Diggle, P. J. & Zhou, X.-N. (Editor), 9/02/2022, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16, 2, 15 p., e0010189.

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MBGapp: A Shiny application for teaching model-based geostatistics to population health scientists

Johnson, O., Fronterre, C., Diggle, P., Amoah, B. & Giorgi, E., 31/12/2021, In: PLoS One. 16, 12, 12 p., e0262145.

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Exponential growth, high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, and vaccine effectiveness associated with the Delta variant

COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, 17/12/2021, In: Science. 374, 6574, 11 p., eabl9551.

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Spatial distribution and risk factors for human cysticercosis in Colombia

Galipó, E., Dixon, M. A., Fronterrè, C., Cucunubá, Z. M., Basáñez, M.-G., Stevens, K., Flórez Sánchez, A. C. & Walker, M., 27/11/2021, In: Parasites and Vectors. 14, 1, 590.

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Gun violence incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic is higher than before the pandemic in the United States

Ssentongo, P., Fronterre, C., Ssentongo, A. E., Advani, S., Heilbrunn, E. S., Hazelton, J. P., Oh, J. S., McCall-Hosenfeld, J. S. & Chinchilli, V. M., 21/10/2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 8 p., 20654.

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Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Burden and Epidemiologic Risk Factors in Countries with Universal Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Ssentongo, P., Hehnly, C., Birungi, P., Roach, M. A., Spady, J., Fronterre, C., Wang, M., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Al-Shaar, L., Chinchilli, V. M., Broach, J. R., Ericson, J. E. & Schiff, S. J., 23/08/2021, In: JAMA Network Open. 4, 8, 17 p., e2120736.

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Pan-African evolution of within- And between-country COVID-19 dynamics

Ssentongo, P., Fronterre, C., Geronimo, A., Greybush, S. J., Mbabazi, P. K., Muvawala, J., Nahalamba, S. B., Omadi, P. O., Opar, B. T., Sinnar, S. A., Wang, Y., Whalen, A. J., Held, L., Jewell, C., Muwanguzi, A. J. B., Greatrex, H., Norton, M. M., Diggle, P. J. & Schiff, S. J., 13/07/2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 28, 10 p., e2026664118.

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Model building and assessment of the impact of covariates for disease prevalence mapping in low-resource settings

Giorgi, E., Fronterre, C., Macharia, P., Alegana, V., Snow, R. W. & Diggle, P., 30/06/2021, In: Interface. 18, 179, 20210104.

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Model-Based Geostatistical Methods Enable Efficient Design and Analysis of Prevalence Surveys for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection and Other Neglected Tropical Diseases

Johnson, O., Fronterre, C., Amoah, B., Montresor, A., Giorgi, E., Midzi, N., Mutsaka-Makuvaza, M. J., Kargbo-Labor, I., Hodges, M. H., Zhang, Y., Okoyo, C., Mwandawiro, C., Minnery, M. & Diggle, P. J., 14/06/2021, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72, Supplement_3, p. S172-S179 8 p.

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Resurgence of SARS-CoV-2: Detection by community viral surveillance

Riley, S., Ainslie, K. E. C., Eales, O., Walters, C. E., Wang, H., Atchison, C., Fronterre, C., Diggle, P. J., Ashby, D., Donnelly, C. A., Cooke, G., Barclay, W., Ward, H., Darzi, A. & Elliott, P., 28/05/2021, In: Science. 372, 6545, p. 990-995 6 p.

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Strengthening data collection for neglected tropical diseases: What data are needed for models to better inform tailored intervention programmes?

Toor, J., Hamley, J. I. D., Fronterre, C., Castaño, M. S., Chapman, L. A. C., Coffeng, L. E., Giardina, F., Lietman, T. M., Michael, E., Pinsent, A., Le Rutte, E. A. & Hollingsworth, T. D., 13/05/2021, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15, 5, 10 p., e0009351.

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Predicted Impact of COVID-19 on Neglected Tropical Disease Programs and the Opportunity for Innovation

Toor, J., Adams, E. R., Aliee, M., Amoah, B., Anderson, R. M., Ayabina, D., Bailey, R., Basáñez, M. G., Blok, D. J., Blumberg, S., Borlase, A., Rivera, R. C., Castaño, M. S., Chitnis, N., Coffeng, L. E., Crump, R. E., Das, A., Davis, C. N., Davis, E. L. & Deiner, M. S. & 27 others, Diggle, P. J., Fronterre, C., Giardina, F., Giorgi, E., Graham, M., Hamley, J. I. D., Huang, C. I., Kura, K., Lietman, T. M., Lucas, T. C. D., Malizia, V., Medley, G. F., Meeyai, A., Michael, E., Porco, T. C., Prada, J. M., Rock, K. S., Le Rutte, E. A., Smith, M. E., Spencer, S. E. F., Stolk, W. A., Touloupou, P., Vasconcelos, A., Vegvari, C., de Vlas, S. J., Walker, M. & Hollingsworth, T. D., 15/04/2021, In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 72, 8, p. 1463-1466 4 p.

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Rethinking neglected tropical disease prevalence survey design and analysis: a geospatial paradigm

Diggle, P., Amoah, B., Fronterre, C., Giorgi, E. & Johnson, O., 30/03/2021, In: Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 115, 3, p. 208–210 3 p.

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Global, regional and national epidemiology and prevalence of child stunting, wasting and underweight in low- and middle-income countries, 2006–2018

Ssentongo, P., Ssentongo, A. E., Ba, D. M., Ericson, J. E., Na, M., Gao, X., Fronterre, C., Chinchilli, V. M. & Schiff, S. J., 4/03/2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 12 p., 5204.

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Evaluating survey designs for targeting preventive chemotherapy against Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni across sub-Saharan Africa: a geostatistical analysis and modelling study

Fornace, K. M., Fronterrè, C., Fleming, F. M., Simpson, H., Zoure, H., Rebollo, M., Mwinzi, P., Vounatsou, P. & Pullan, R. L., 18/11/2020, In: Parasites Vectors. 13, 1, 13 p., 555.

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Elimination of STH morbidity in Zimbabwe: Results of 6 years of deworming intervention for school-age children

Midzi, N., Montresor, A., Mutsaka-Makuvaza, M. J., Fronterre, C., Manangazira, P., Phiri, I., Johnson, O., Mhlanga, G. & Diggle, P. J., 23/10/2020, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 10, p. 1-12 12 p., e0008739.

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Village-level climate and weather variability, mediated by village-level crop yield, is associated with linear growth in children in Uganda

Ssentongo, P., Ba, D. M., Fronterre, C. & Chinchilli, V. M., 13/10/2020, In: BMJ Global Health. 5, 10, 10 p., e002696.

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Design and analysis of elimination surveys for neglected tropical diseases

Diggle, P., Fronterre, C., Amoah, B., Giorgi, E. & Stanton, M., 15/06/2020, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 21, Supplement_5, p. S554–S560 7 p.

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When, Who, and How to Sample: Designing Practical Surveillance for 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases as We Approach Elimination

Toor, J., Coffeng, L. E., Hamley, J. I. D., Fronterre, C., Prada, J. M., Castaño, M. S., Davis, E. L., Godwin, W., Vasconcelos, A., Medley, G. F. & Hollingsworth, T. D., 15/06/2020, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221, Suppl. 5, p. S499-S502 4 p.

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Association of vitamin A deficiency with early childhood stunting in Uganda: A population-based cross-sectional study

Ssentongo, P., Ba, D. M., Ssentongo, A. E., Fronterre, C., Whalen, A., Yang, Y., Ericson, J. E. & Chinchilli, V. M., 29/05/2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 5, 16 p., e0233615.

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High residual carriage of vaccine-serotype Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Malawi

Swarthout, T. D., Fronterre, C., Lourenço, J., Obolski, U., Gori, A., Bar-Zeev, N., Everett, D., Kamng'ona, A. W., Mwalukomo, T. S., Mataya, A. A., Mwansambo, C., Banda, M., Gupta, S., Diggle, P., French, N. & Heyderman, R. S., 6/05/2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 12 p., 2222.

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Measuring the spatial heterogeneity on the reduction of vaginal fistula burden in Ethiopia between 2005 and 2016

Deribe, K., Fronterre, C., Dejene, T., Biadgilign, S., Deribew, A., Abdullah, M. & Cano, J., 22/01/2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 10 p., 972.

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Insights from quantitative and mathematical modelling on the proposed WHO 2030 goal for schistosomiasis

NTD Modelling Consortium Schistosomiasis Group, 19/11/2019, In: Gates Open Research. 3, 7 p., 1517.

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Mapping the baseline prevalence of lymphatic filariasis across Nigeria

Eneanya, O. A., Fronterre, C., Anagbogu, I., Okoronkwo, C., Garske, T., Cano, J. & Donnelly, C. A., 16/09/2019, In: Parasites and Vectors. 12, 1, 13 p., 440.

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Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in the Distribution of Chikungunya and Zika Virus Case Incidences during their 2014 to 2016 Epidemics in Barranquilla, Colombia

McHale, T. C., Romero-Vivas, C. M., Fronterre, C., Arango-Padilla, P., Waterlow, N. R., Nix, C. D., Falconar, A. K. & Cano, J., 18/05/2019, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16, 21 p., 1759.

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Geostatistical inference in the presence of geomasking: A composite-likelihood approach

Fronterre, C., Giorgi, E. & Diggle, P. J., 12/2018, In: Spatial Statistics. 28, p. 319-330 12 p.

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