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Plasma MERTK is causally associated with infection mortality 血浆 MERTK 与感染死亡率存在因果关系。
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106262
Michael Drozd , Fergus Hamilton , Chew W. Cheng , Patrick J. Lillie , Oliver I. Brown , Natalie Chaddock , Sinisa Savic , Khalid Naseem , Mark M. Iles , Ann W. Morgan , Mark T. Kearney , Richard M. Cubbon
{"title":"Plasma MERTK is causally associated with infection mortality","authors":"Michael Drozd ,&nbsp;Fergus Hamilton ,&nbsp;Chew W. Cheng ,&nbsp;Patrick J. Lillie ,&nbsp;Oliver I. Brown ,&nbsp;Natalie Chaddock ,&nbsp;Sinisa Savic ,&nbsp;Khalid Naseem ,&nbsp;Mark M. Iles ,&nbsp;Ann W. Morgan ,&nbsp;Mark T. Kearney ,&nbsp;Richard M. Cubbon","doi":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106262","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106262","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Infectious diseases are a major cause of mortality in spite of existing public health, anti-microbial and vaccine interventions. We aimed to define plasma proteomic associates of infection mortality and then apply Mendelian randomisation (MR) to yield biomarkers that may be causally associated.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We used UK Biobank plasma proteomic data to associate 2923 plasma proteins with infection mortality before 31st December 2019 (240 events in 52,520 participants). Since many plasma proteins also predict non-infection mortality, we focussed on those associated with &gt;1.5-fold risk of infection mortality in an analysis excluding survivors. Protein quantitative trait scores (pQTS) were then used to identify whether genetically predicted protein levels also associated with infection mortality. To conduct Two Sample MR, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of infection mortality using UK Biobank participants without plasma proteomic data (n = 363,953 including 984 infection deaths).</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>After adjusting for clinical risk factors, 1142 plasma proteins were associated with risk of infection mortality (false discovery rate &lt;0.05). 259 proteins were associated with &gt;1.5-fold increased risk of infection versus non-infection mortality. Of these, we identified genetically predicted increasing MERTK concentration was associated with increased risk of infection mortality. MR supported a causal association between increasing plasma MERTK protein and infection mortality (odds ratio 1.46 per unit; 95% CI 1.15- 1.85; p = 0.002).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Plasma MERTK is causally associated with infection mortality and warrants exploration as a potential therapeutic target.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infection","volume":"89 5","pages":"Article 106262"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445324001968/pdfft?md5=63cb4a714a6a9cfc30b449602c92d717&pid=1-s2.0-S0163445324001968-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicons in diagnosis of infectious diseases 16S 核糖体 RNA 基因扩增片段在传染病诊断中的应用。
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106263
Yu-Xin Bu, Peng Zhou, Wen-Ting Ren, Lin Xu, Hong Cheng, Yue-Hong Wu
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Looming threat of Mpox in Pakistan: Time to take urgent measures 巴基斯坦迫在眉睫的麻风腮威胁:采取紧急措施的时候到了
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106266
Massab Umair, Muhammad Salman
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The IL-6 hypothesis in COVID-19: A phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of free IL-6 sequestration by the monoclonal antibody sirukumab in severe and critical COVID-19 COVID-19中的IL-6假说:一项 2 期随机、双盲、安慰剂对照研究,评估单克隆抗体 Sirukumab 封闭游离 IL-6 对严重和危重 COVID-19 的疗效和安全性。
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106241
Robert L. Gottlieb , Meredith Clement , Paul Cook , Audra Deveikis , Kap Sum Foong , Philip Robinson , Jihad Slim , Cedric W. Spak , Annemie Buelens , Katleen Callewaert , Sandra De Meyer , Wai Ling Mo , Inge Verbrugge , Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck , Yanli Zhuang , Jason W. Chien , Magda Opsomer , Erika Van Landuyt
{"title":"The IL-6 hypothesis in COVID-19: A phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of free IL-6 sequestration by the monoclonal antibody sirukumab in severe and critical COVID-19","authors":"Robert L. Gottlieb ,&nbsp;Meredith Clement ,&nbsp;Paul Cook ,&nbsp;Audra Deveikis ,&nbsp;Kap Sum Foong ,&nbsp;Philip Robinson ,&nbsp;Jihad Slim ,&nbsp;Cedric W. Spak ,&nbsp;Annemie Buelens ,&nbsp;Katleen Callewaert ,&nbsp;Sandra De Meyer ,&nbsp;Wai Ling Mo ,&nbsp;Inge Verbrugge ,&nbsp;Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck ,&nbsp;Yanli Zhuang ,&nbsp;Jason W. Chien ,&nbsp;Magda Opsomer ,&nbsp;Erika Van Landuyt","doi":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106241","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106241","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Upregulation of IL-6 has been associated with worse prognosis in COVID-19 patients. Impact on IL-6 signalling has mostly been limited to clinical outcomes in IL-6 receptor antagonist trials.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We performed a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (NCT04380961) of US-based hospitalised adults (&lt;85 years) with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe (low levels of supplemental oxygen) or critical disease (high levels of oxygen supplementation). Patients received sirukumab 5 mg/kg or placebo single dose IV on Day 1 plus standard of care. The primary endpoint was time to sustained clinical improvement up to Day 28 based on an ordinal scale. Secondary endpoints included clinical improvement, all-cause mortality, and safety. Following an interim analysis, the protocol was amended to only recruit patients with critical COVID-19.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>From May 2020 to March 2021, 209 patients were randomised; 112 had critical disease (72 sirukumab, 40 placebo) at baseline. Median time to sustained clinical improvement in critical patients was 17 and 23 days in the sirukumab and placebo groups (HR, 1∙1; 95% CI, 0∙66–1∙88; p &gt; 0∙05). At Day 28, 59∙4% versus 55∙0% of patients achieved clinical improvement with sirukumab versus placebo and rates of all-cause mortality were 24∙6% versus 30∙0%, respectively. Rates of grade ≥3 adverse events were comparable between the sirukumab and placebo groups (25∙9% vs 32∙9%; all patients).</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>In critical COVID-19 patients who received sirukumab, there was no statistically significant difference in time to sustained clinical improvement versus placebo despite objective sequestration of circulating IL-6, questioning IL-6 as a key therapeutic target in COVID-19.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infection","volume":"89 4","pages":"Article 106241"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445324001750/pdfft?md5=2bbb6ce2bdbe8d5ae929a5dd9ff79c78&pid=1-s2.0-S0163445324001750-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142057123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Children with hemoglobin C or S trait have low serologic responses to a subset of malaria variant surface antigens 有血红蛋白 C 或 S 特质的儿童对疟疾变体表面抗原的血清反应较低。
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106257
Rachel D. Bailey , Jonathan G. Lawton , Amadou Niangaly , Emily M. Stucke , Jason A. Bailey , Andrea A. Berry , Amed Ouattara , Drissa Coulibaly , Kirsten E. Lyke , Matthew B. Laurens , Albert E. Zhou , Jozelyn Pablo , Algis Jasinskas , Rie Nakajima , Matthew Adams , Shannon Takala-Harrison , Bourema Kouriba , Abdoulaye K. Kone , Aldiouma Guindo , J. Alexandra Rowe , Mark A. Travassos
{"title":"Children with hemoglobin C or S trait have low serologic responses to a subset of malaria variant surface antigens","authors":"Rachel D. Bailey ,&nbsp;Jonathan G. Lawton ,&nbsp;Amadou Niangaly ,&nbsp;Emily M. Stucke ,&nbsp;Jason A. Bailey ,&nbsp;Andrea A. Berry ,&nbsp;Amed Ouattara ,&nbsp;Drissa Coulibaly ,&nbsp;Kirsten E. Lyke ,&nbsp;Matthew B. Laurens ,&nbsp;Albert E. Zhou ,&nbsp;Jozelyn Pablo ,&nbsp;Algis Jasinskas ,&nbsp;Rie Nakajima ,&nbsp;Matthew Adams ,&nbsp;Shannon Takala-Harrison ,&nbsp;Bourema Kouriba ,&nbsp;Abdoulaye K. Kone ,&nbsp;Aldiouma Guindo ,&nbsp;J. Alexandra Rowe ,&nbsp;Mark A. Travassos","doi":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106257","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106257","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Children with hemoglobin AC or AS have decreased susceptibility to clinical malaria. Parasite variant surface antigen (VSA) presentation on the surface of infected erythrocytes is altered in erythrocytes with hemoglobin C (Hb AC) or sickle trait (Hb AS) mutations <em>in vitro</em>. The protective role of incomplete or altered VSA presentation against clinical malaria in individuals with Hb AC or AS is unclear. Using a high-throughput protein microarray, we sought to use serological responses to VSAs as a measure of host exposure to VSAs among Malian children with Hb AC, Hb AS, or wildtype hemoglobin (Hb AA). In uncomplicated malaria, when compared to Hb AA children, Hb AC children had significantly lower serological responses to extracellular <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> erythrocyte membrane protein-1 (PfEMP1) domains but did not differ in responses to intracellular PfEMP1 domains and other VSAs, including members of the repetitive interspersed family (RIFIN) and subtelomeric variable open reading frame (STEVOR) family. Healthy children with Hb AC and Hb AS genotypes recognized fewer extracellular PfEMP1s compared to children with Hb AA, especially CD36-binding PfEMP1s. These reduced serologic responses may reflect reduced VSA presentation or lower parasite exposure in children with Hb AC or AS and provide insights into mechanisms of protection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infection","volume":"89 4","pages":"Article 106257"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445324001919/pdfft?md5=589220a4d5b1f25240cae5224ec2d351&pid=1-s2.0-S0163445324001919-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparative effectiveness of bivalent BA.4–5 or BA.1 mRNA booster vaccines among immunocompromised individuals across three Nordic countries: A nationwide cohort study 二价 BA.4.5 或 BA.1 mRNA 强化疫苗在三个北欧国家免疫力低下人群中的效果比较:一项全国性队列研究。
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106261
Mie Agermose Gram , Emilia Myrup Thiesson , Nicklas Pihlström , Jori Perälä , Eero Poukka , Tuija Leino , Rickard Ljung , Niklas Worm Andersson , Anders Hviid
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IFNL4 genotype and other personal characteristics to predict response to 8-week sofosbuvir-based treatment for chronic hepatitis C 预测慢性丙型肝炎索非布韦 8 周治疗反应的 IFNL4 基因型和其他个人特征
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106258
Thomas R. O'Brien , David J. Witt , Varun Saxena , Kerry Grace Morrissey , Sabrina Chen , Francine S. Baker , Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson , Ruth M. Pfeiffer , Jennifer B. Lai
{"title":"IFNL4 genotype and other personal characteristics to predict response to 8-week sofosbuvir-based treatment for chronic hepatitis C","authors":"Thomas R. O'Brien ,&nbsp;David J. Witt ,&nbsp;Varun Saxena ,&nbsp;Kerry Grace Morrissey ,&nbsp;Sabrina Chen ,&nbsp;Francine S. Baker ,&nbsp;Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson ,&nbsp;Ruth M. Pfeiffer ,&nbsp;Jennifer B. Lai","doi":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106258","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106258","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Shorter duration therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection might reduce treatment costs and increase the number of patients treated and cured. We determined factors associated with treatment response after an 8-week sofosbuvir-based therapy and developed a simple model to predict an individual’s likelihood of treatment success.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Among 2907 patients who received ledipasvir/sofosbuvir for 8 weeks, we determined failure rates by demographic and clinical characteristics, and <em>IFNL4</em>-∆G/TT genotype. We estimated the average <em>IFNL4</em> genotype-related treatment failure rate in major ancestry groups by applying our <em>IFNL4</em> genotype results to genotype distributions from reference populations. We created a treatment response model based on three personal characteristics.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Overall, 4.4% of the patients failed treatment. We observed significantly lower failure rates for persons &lt;50 years (1.6%), females (2.6%), those carrying the <em>IFNL4</em>-TT/TT genotype (1.8%), those with HCV RNA &lt;5.8 log<sub>10</sub> copies/mL (2.0%) or HCV genotype-1B infection (2.6%). In a model based on ancestry, age and sex, the predicted probability of treatment failure ranged from 0.5% among females of East Asian ancestry &lt;50 years of age to 8.5% among males of African ancestry age ≥65 years.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Applying this algorithm at the point-of-care might facilitate HCV elimination, especially in low- and middle-income countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infection","volume":"89 5","pages":"Article 106258"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445324001920/pdfft?md5=03e998d5cd0e3ffa3661cca7eb8805e6&pid=1-s2.0-S0163445324001920-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Indirect effectiveness of a novel SAR-COV-2 vaccine (SCB-2019) in unvaccinated household contacts in the Philippines: A cluster randomised analysis 新型 SAR-COV-2 疫苗 (SCB-2019) 在菲律宾未接种疫苗的家庭接触者中的间接效果:分组随机分析。
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106260
Asma Binte Aziz , Jonathan Dewing Sugimoto , Sye Lim Hong , Young Ae You , Lulu Bravo , Camilo Roa Jr , Charissa Borja-Tabora , May Emmeline B. Montellano , Josefina Carlos , Mari Rose A. de Los Reyes , Edison R. Alberto , Milagros Salvani-Bautista , Hwa Young Kim , Irene Njau , Ralf Clemens , Florian Marks , Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse
{"title":"Indirect effectiveness of a novel SAR-COV-2 vaccine (SCB-2019) in unvaccinated household contacts in the Philippines: A cluster randomised analysis","authors":"Asma Binte Aziz ,&nbsp;Jonathan Dewing Sugimoto ,&nbsp;Sye Lim Hong ,&nbsp;Young Ae You ,&nbsp;Lulu Bravo ,&nbsp;Camilo Roa Jr ,&nbsp;Charissa Borja-Tabora ,&nbsp;May Emmeline B. Montellano ,&nbsp;Josefina Carlos ,&nbsp;Mari Rose A. de Los Reyes ,&nbsp;Edison R. Alberto ,&nbsp;Milagros Salvani-Bautista ,&nbsp;Hwa Young Kim ,&nbsp;Irene Njau ,&nbsp;Ralf Clemens ,&nbsp;Florian Marks ,&nbsp;Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse","doi":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106260","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106260","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Though observational evidence supports indirect effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, randomised experiments are lacking. To address this gap, the double-blinded, prospective follow-up of the household contacts (HHCs) of Philippine participants of the individually-randomised, placebo-controlled trial of the adjuvanted-subunit protein COVID-19 vaccine, SCB-2019, (EudraCT, 2020–004272–17; ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04672395) was analyzed in a cluster-randomised fashion.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Over an eight-week period, HHCs were followed by rRT-PCR and paired rapid antibody tests (RATs) to detect symptomatic (SCI, primary) and all (ACI, secondary) SARS-CoV-2 infection. A standard analysis estimated the indirect effectiveness of SCB-2019 for each endpoint, excluding HHC RAT-positive at enrollment. A secondary analysis employed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) results to correct for suspected bias.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>SCB-2019 (N = 3470) and placebo (N = 3225) exposed HHCs contributed to at least one analysis. The standard analysis estimated that SCB-2019 reduced the risk of SCI by 83% (95% confidence/credible interval [CI: 32% to 96%), with no effect against ACI. The bias-corrected relative risk reduction was 97% (95% CI: 74% to 100%) for SCI and 79% (95% CI: 14% to 96%) for ACI, with an estimated one SARS-CoV-2 infection prevented per 4.8 households where one member received SCB-2019.</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>SCB-2019 demonstrated bias-corrected indirect effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection among HHC, even at a modest coverage level in the household (approximately 25%). Further research into the indirect effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is needed to optimize the impact of limited doses in low and middle-income settings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infection","volume":"89 4","pages":"Article 106260"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445324001944/pdfft?md5=0c4f3fa5d01439bc9517de2f6484e1ec&pid=1-s2.0-S0163445324001944-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Increased 30-day all-cause mortality associated with Gram-negative bloodstream infections in England during the COVID-19 pandemic 在 COVID-19 大流行期间,英格兰与革兰氏阴性血流感染相关的 30 天全因死亡率增加。
IF 14.3 1区 医学
Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106256
Taimoor Hasan , Nina J. Zhu , Callum Pearson , Paul Aylin , Alison Holmes , Russell Hope
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Favipiravir for COVID-19 in adults in the community in PRINCIPLE, an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial of short- and longer-term outcomes PRINCIPLE 是一项开放标签、随机对照、适应性平台试验,对短期和长期疗效进行研究。
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Journal of Infection Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106248
FD Richard Hobbs , Oghenekome A. Gbinigie-Thompson , Milensu Shanyinde , Ly-Mee Yu , Victoria Harris , Jienchi Dorward , Gail Hayward , Benjamin R. Saville , Nicholas S. Berry , Philip H. Evans , Nicholas PB Thomas , Mahendra G. Patel , Duncan Richards , Oliver Van Hecke , Michelle A. Detry , Christina T. Saunders , Mark Fitzgerald , Jared Robinson , Charlotte Latimer-Bell , Julie Allen , Christopher C. Butler
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