Sarmadian, H., Nasiri, Z., Saeedinia, S. et al. Artigos. (Hami, et al., 2009; Haugerud, 1989; Riley, 1983), Larvae can survive for up to two years encysted before they calcify and die in the intermediate host. PMID . FOIA https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.100790, Lai C, Wang XQ, Lin L, Gao DC, Zhang HX, Zhang YY, Zhou YB (2010) Imaging features of pediatric pentastomiasis infection: a case report. Linguatula serrata (Pentastomida: order Porocephalida, family Linguatulidae) is a cosmopolitan parasite inhabiting . Parasitology, 86: 59-83. The score is derived from an automated algorithm, and represents a weighted count of the amount of attention Altmetric picked up for a research output. Am J Trop Med Hyg 11:762764. (Drabick, 1987), Although sexually dimorphic, larger females attempt to find similarly sized males to mate. that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle). J Vet Med Sci 79:398402. Shakerian, A., H. Ghafari Rad, S. Shekarforoush. The worm escaped into the posterior segment of the eye where it was found, after lens removal and complete vitrectomy, in a recess of the ciliary body. J Med Sci. (Lazo, et al., 1999), Adult Linguatula serrata uses papillae on its annuli to sense its environment. Reviews of Infectious Diseases, 9 (6): 1087-1095. Linguatula serrata is a nasal pentastomid parasite of dogs and wild canids worldwide, responsible for mild to severe rhinitis and it is transmitted by ingestion of organs of infected intermediate hosts (primarily herbivores). The girl had redness, pain, and progressive visual loss in the right eye. Prevalence of Linguatula serrata infestation in stray dogs of Shahrekord, Iran. Upon . Considering a few reports of human infestation, a comprehensive search was performed on both English and Persian databases for publications reporting human cases all around the world. Clinical manifestation and epidemiological findings of human linguatula serrate infection in Iran: systematic review. CDC is not responsible for Section 508 compliance (accessibility) on other federal or private website. Even when a cladogram without P. crotali and on a basis of 1,780 aligned sites was constructed, L. serrata remained in the Cephalobaenida. Ocular linguatuliasis in Ecuador: case report and morphometric study of the larva of, First maxillae suction discs in branchiura (Crustacea): development and evolution in light of the first molecular phylogeny of branchiura,pentastomida, and other maxillopoda.. PubMed Iran Adv Biomed Res 1:42. https://doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.100142, Article The disease is caused by worm-like parasites which share some morphologic features of arthropods and annelids. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07272-y, https://iranjournals.nlai.ir/handle/123456789/249016. Tehran Univ Med J 55:2024, Morsy TA, El-Sharkawy IM, Lashin AH (1999) Human nasopharyngeal linguatuliasis (Pentasomida) caused by Linguatula serrata. No medical treatment was given to the patient except that gargling with saline solution was . Disclaimer. Iran Tropical Animal Health Prod 51:879885. J Parasit Dis: 19. 2007. After multiple instar stages, adult L. serrata have unaligned pores or stigmata along their bodies. It is thought that physicians should consider L. serrata infestation in patients applying to health foundations with complaints such as pharyngitis accompanied by pharyngeal pain, coughing, sneezing and vomiting as well as gargling with saline solution. Finally, 30 papers of 62 human cases were included in this study. A large change in the shape or structure of an animal that happens as the animal grows. There was little information on the longevity of adults, but other pentastomid species can live for around ten years. The disease is caused by worm-like parasites which share some morphologic features of arthropods and annelids. It causes pentastomiasis and respiratory tract disorder in reptiles or carnivores and herbivorous mammals and rarely human. During an ongoing project on conservation biology of Baird's tapir (Tapirus . 2011-04-20T11:09:33-04:00 Accessed March 01, 2023 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Linguatula_serrata/. The mean age of the patients was 25.8years (varied from 8 to 79years). Le Jambre L. F. and Royal W. M. 1977. 2011;17(5):870-872. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.100790. No medical treatment was given to the patient except that gargling with saline solution was recommended. Linguatula serrata, infection in a dog imported from Ethiopia to the United States Veterinary parasitology, regional studies and reports 16:100273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2019.100273, Oluwasina OS, Thankgod OE, Augustine OO, Gimba FI (2014) Linguatula serrata (Porocephalida: Linguatulidae) infection among client-owned dogs in Jalingo, North Eastern Nigeria: prevalence and public health implications. The eggs are about 70-90 micrometers and contain the fully-developed first stage of the larva. Lazo, R., E. Hidalgo, J. Lazo, A. Bermeo, M. Llaguno, J. Murillo, V. Teixeira. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.01.010, Siavashi M, Assmar M, Vatankhah A (2002) Nasopharyngeal pentastomiasis (Halzoun): report of 3 Cases Iran. Google Scholar, Khalil G, Haddad C, Otrock ZK, Jaber F, Farra A (2013) Halzoun, an allergic pharyngitis syndrome in Lebanon: the trematode Dicrocoelium dendriticum as an additional cause. The definitive hosts of L. serrata include carnivores such as dogs, wolves, and coyotes. Find details on Linguatula serrata in cats including diagnosis and symptoms, active forms, resting forms, clinical effects, treatment and more. A case of human infestation with Linguatula serrata in a woman is described. Intraocular pentastomiasis causing unilateral glaucoma. 2018 Apr 30;254:78-81. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.03.006. They live in the nasopharyngeal region of mammals. Host: Canids ( Fig 1 ), rarely felids and humans. Koehsler, M., Walochnik, J., Georgopoulos, M., Pruente, C., Boeckeler, W., Auer, H.Barisani-Asenbauer, T. (2011). Table of Contents Volume 17, Number 5May 2011. National Science Foundation The data and materials used in the study are available upon request from the corresponding author. 2001; 55:439-441. However, the distance between L. serrata and the other species is larger than that between any other species. Search in feature Reza Ghasemikhah. Human linguatulosis is a considerable medical problem in endemic regions. 2019 May;51(4):879-885. doi: 10.1007/s11250-018-1768-3. Fragments were combined to a consensus sequence with the GENEDOC sequence editor (www.nrbsc.org/gfx/genedoc), and deposited in GenBank (accession no. Chapter 96 - Rickettsiae, protozoa, and opisthokonta/metazoan. Tabaripour, R., Keighobadi, M., Sharifpour, A. et al. Parasitenkunde, 69: 271-277. Parasitology Research The phylogenetic position of the pentastomids is still not fully resolved. PubMed The authors thank Christopher Kiss for help with producing the video and Jacek Pietrzak for excellent technical assistance. The Animal Diversity Web team is excited to announce ADW Pocket Guides! 2008. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.405, Maleky F (2001) A case report of Linguatula serrata in human throat from Tehran, central Iran Indian. Global status of neglected human Linguatula infection: a systematic review of published case reports. Correspondence to 2011-04-20T11:09:33-04:00 Grants DRL 0089283, DRL 0628151, DUE 0633095, DRL 0918590, and DUE 1122742. Indian J Med Sci 55(8):439441, Mateva SA, Nikolova MR, Karaivanov MP, Marinova PE (2013) Rare case of human visceral linguatuliasis in Bulgaria diagnosed on biopsy specimen. The body is covered with about 70-100 annuli, or rings, with many pores and spines on each annulus arranged in rows. is provided as an example of pentastomid biology. - 78.46.123.161. 2017 Aug;55(4):433-437. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2017.55.4.433. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health. Arbabi M, Hooshyar H, Mobedi Em Boostani M (1997) First case report of Marrara disease from Kashan. Exotic worms and worm-like parasites, and surveillance in the UK. Parasitic diseases can affect practically all living organisms, including plants and mammals. Cases of infection have been reported in eight provinces of Iran. J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci 19(1):5861, Koehsler M, Walochnik J, Georgopoulos M et al (2011) Linguatula serrata tongue worm in human eye. The cuticle showed 94 rings and conspicuous spicules (Figure 1, panel D). official website and that any information you provide is encrypted New York, Springer Publishing Co. p:120122, Akyol C, Coskun S, Omez G, Senlik B (1995) Linguatula serrata in Bursa stray dogs and its importance from the point of public health. an animal which directly causes disease in humans. Hamid T, Hossein YD, Bahadoran-Bagh-Badorani Mehran FS, Masood EH (2012) A case report of Linguatula serrata infestation from rural area of Isfahan City. Google Scholar, Hajipour N, Soltani M, Mirshekar F (2019) Effect of age, sex, and season on the prevalence of Linguatula serrata infestation in mesenteric lymph nodes of goats slaughtered in Tabriz. 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Male sperm storage also occurs, as sperm are retained in the male epididymes (in mammals) for a period that can, in some cases, extend over several weeks or more, but here we use the term to refer only to sperm storage by females. offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) In this study case reports of individuals in Iran those infected with the Linguatula serrata were taken from the international databases (e.g., Medline (PubMed . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07272-y, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07272-y. The immature larvae are then encysted. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative, Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips, Not logged in Epub 2018 Mar 7. Females can produce hundreds of thousands of eggs, which are expelled into the environment through nasal discharge, saliva or feces. The usual final host for Linguatula serrata is a carnivore, like a dog or jackal, and the species is sometimes known as the dog tongueworm for this reason.. More generally, linguatulosis can be considered a form of "pentastomiasis", which refers to all diseases caused by pentastomids, including porocephaliasis. The worm is colorless and transparent. Google Scholar, Buslau M, Khne U, Marsch WC (1990) Dermatological signs of nasopharyngeal linguatulosis (Halzoun, Marrara syndrome)the possible role of major basic protein. Reports on wild canids as definitive hosts of this parasite are scarce. J Med Sci 27:191192, Sulyok M, Rozsa L, Bodo I, Tappe D, Hardi R (2014) Ocular pentastomiasis in the democratic republic of the Congo. An unusual case of human porocephaliasis. Katie Behrmann (author), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Heidi Liere (editor), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, John Marino (editor), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Barry OConnor (editor), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Renee Mulcrone (editor), Special Projects. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. A prevalence of 38.57% and 35.67% was recorded in 2010 and 2011, respectively, in Jalingo, Taraba State. Koehsler M, Walochnik J, Georgopoulos M, et al. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative, Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips, Not logged in Google Scholar, Gardiner CH, Dyke JW, Shirley SF (1984) Hepatic granuloma due to a nymph of Linguatula serrata in a woman from Michigan: a case report and review of the literature. Austria Emerg Inf Dis 17(5):870, Lazo R, Hidalgo E, Lazo J, Bermeo A et al (1999) Ocular linguatuliasis in Ecuador: case report and morphometric study of the larva of Linguatula serrata. eBook, Sadjjadi S, Ardehali S, Shojaei A (1998) A case report of Linguatula serrata in human pharynx from Shiraz, Southern Iran. They are always parasitic or paratenic, causing zoonotic disease in definitive hosts or remaining asymptomatic as larvae in the paratenic host. oS$GGGwQD!Q=xC}}/?^nxOVOH @*Yxu v}c2'K_=6=xg@k=,Jq],_oa^.?Y8M"op]WM~KVYT J?UX;W,bZUS6WJ3XQ}gvxM dp_O\sEzOLU{3&W wonYZ>IXU dwKVjz`"b{~6LnqwlWPs&SUUK3k[\XP k5XmpOf0ai6LZ/Xq/v[3CbFE36XyusYv k2W4Nni RgJ1Mi),,wX1!Y.!w=l8KI=zl8%YNOJUlZ>O! Tehran Uni Med J TUMS Publ 55(3):2024, Morsy TA, El-Sharkawy I, Lashin AH (1999) Human nasopharyngeal linguatuliasis (Pentasomida) caused by Linguatula serrata. [The prevalence of Linguatula serrata (Frhlich, 1789) nymphs in sheep in the Van province]. 1999. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00111. Emerging Infectious Diseases . living in landscapes dominated by human agriculture. RG, SS, MZ, MMS, YM, MKH and BE contributed to the conceptualization of the final review question, formulation of the review objectives, data analysis/interpretation, and writing the manuscript. After a series of molts, the worm loses its leg-like appendages and tapers from its cone shaped head down to its posterior end. Google Scholar, Lazo RF, Hidalgo E, Lazo JE, Bermeo A, Llaguno M, Murillo J, Teixeira VP (1999) Ocular linguatuliasis in Ecuador: case report and morphometric study of the larva of Linguatula serrata. Topics Small Ruminent Research, 72: 73-76. The first three abdominal annuli have three pairs of sensory papillae. Cluster analyses resulted in homologous consensus trees independent of the evolutionary model used (Figure 2). Dispatches.indd Korean J Parasitol. The authors declare no conflict of interest. In this paper, we explore the case of a Lebanese patient presenting with clinical symptoms of Halzoun syndrome, and discuss the diagnostic and curative aspects of the disease with a review of the literature. Linguatula serrata, also called the dog tongue worm, is not a helminth (i.e. MeSH All species infecting humans are currently classified as Porocephalida; the species L. serrata and Armillifer armillatus are responsible for most human cases of infection. 2019 May 19;7:e00111. Bookshelf We describe a case of ocular linguatulosis in central Europe and provide molecular data on L. serrata tongue worms. IJP: Parasites and Wildlife 11:149157. The species Linguatula serrata belongs to the Pentastomida, a still-enigmatic group of worm-like, bloodsucking parasites that inhabit the upper respiratory tract of terrestrial, carnivorous vertebrates, mostly reptiles and birds; L. serrata, commonly called tongue worms, typically inhabit canids and felids. If swallowed by the definitive host, the eggs are passed through the feces to the external environment. Acta Trop 125:115118. 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This study was financially supported by the Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran (Grant No: 6602). hZrr+js# This nasopharyngeal infection is known as Halzoun syndrome in the Middle East or as Marrara in Sudan (1,2). PubMed (Drabick, 1987; Lazo, et al., 1999), This parasite uses domesticated and wild herbivores as intermediate hosts, including sheep, goats, camels, and many other small ruminants. Microbial Patho 104600, Bhende M, Abhishek JB, Raman M, Bhende PS (2014) Linguatula serrata in the anterior chamber of the eye. Infestations of the worm are frequent in humans, and deaths have even been reported due to blocked nasal passages. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 63:854858. This review includes previous studies on the genus Linguatula in Iran and other countries from 1940 to 2019. This worm has been found in the eye chambers and livers of humans, where humans have ingested the eggs from the external environment. Schmutzhard E and Helbok R (2014). In this study case reports of individuals in Iran those infected with the Linguatula serrata were taken from the international databases (e.g., Medline (PubMed), Scopus, Iranmedex, Scientific Information Database, and Irandoc) and reviewed. Antropologia, Educao, Sociologia e Fenmenos Sociais It infects the airways of dogs, occasionally cats, which act as final hosts, but also other domestic and wild animals (including cattle, sheep . Additional support has come from the Marisla Foundation, UM College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Museum of Zoology, and Information and Technology Services. Trk Parazitol Derg 35(1):47. Dysphagia. an organism that obtains nutrients from other organisms in a harmful way that doesn't cause immediate death, reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female. Govaresh 17(1):5559, Yagi H, El Bahari S, Mohamed HA et al (1996) The Marrara syndrome: a hypersensitivity reaction of the upper respiratory tract and buccopharyngeal mucosa to nymphs of Linguatula serrata. PubMed Central Infection rates of small ruminants in the Middle East are significant, as up to 50% of sheep may be infected within a region. gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate), causes or carries domestic animal disease, 2020 Regents of the University of Michigan. (Ethical Code: IR.Arakmu.rec.1397.58). A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. . The species Linguatula serrata belongs to the Pentastomida, a still-enigmatic group of worm-like, bloodsucking parasites that inhabit the upper respiratory tract of terrestrial, carnivorous vertebrates, mostly reptiles and birds; L. serrata, commonly called tongue worms, typically inhabit canids and felids.The intermediate hosts of these parasites are usually sheep, cattle, or rodents. volume120,pages 30453050 (2021)Cite this article. The reason for the presentation of this case is that Linguatula serrata, a parasite rarely encountered in humans, was found in a patient in Van province. PMC 1 0 obj <> endobj 4 0 obj <>stream A Global View of Smokeless Tobacco Products Smokeless Tobacco Products include ingredients corresponding to flavorings, sweeteners, humectants, and alkaline brokers, as well as fillers, sixty five"67 . You can review and change the way we collect information below. The girl also had cats and a turtle, but cats are not primary hosts and turtles are never hosts for the life cycle of the L. serrata tongue worm (14). International Journal for Parasitology7: 481-487. Linguatula serrata females mate once over the course of their lifetime, but due to huge spermathecal storage and oocytes continuously being ejected from the ovary, females can lay thousands or millions of eggs per year. Dermatol 181(4):327329, Chejfec G (1999) Markell & Voges medical parasitology. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes by these third parties. B) Posterior end laterally with primordial uterus, genital porus, and intestine (note peristalsis). Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 11:149157. Morphological support for the phylogenetic positioning of Pentastomida and related fossils. Cluster analysis was performed by using the PHYLIP 3.63 package (www.phylip.com), with neighbor joining, maximum parsimony, and maximum likelihood as evolutionary models and 100 bootstrap replicates generated for each model. endstream endobj 2 0 obj <> endobj 52 0 obj <> endobj 36 0 obj <> endobj 5 0 obj <> endobj 35 0 obj <>stream Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis (INRCL) and Toxoplasmosis (INRCT), Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 48471-91971, Sari, Iran, Rabeeh Tabaripour,Masoud Keighobadi,Ali Sharifpour,Hossein Azadeh,Elham Sadat Banimostafavi,Mahdi Fakhar&Soodeh Abedi, Vector-Borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran, You can also search for this author in The adult forms of Linguatula spp. View data is from . 2009. Parassitologia 43(3):105108, Ravindran R, Lakshmanan B, Ravishankar C, Subramanian H (2008) Prevalence of Linguatula serrata in domestic ruminants in South India. 2011-04-20T11:09:33-04:00 . The adult worm lives in the nasal cavities and sinuses and . There is no known positive importance for this species. J Med Sci 55:439441, CAS Siavoshi M, Asmar M, Vatankhah A (2002) Nasopharyngeal pentastomiasis (Halzoun): report of 3 cases. having the capacity to move from one place to another. Turkiye Parazitol Derg 35:4749. The pandemic of COVID-19 in worldwide causes recent millions of morbidity and mortality in all countries and is the most important challenge in the world in recent years. J Egypt Soc Parasitol 29(3):787790, Musharrafeh U, Hamadeh G, Touma A, Fares J (2018) Nasopharyngeal linguatulosis or halzoun syndrome: clinical diagnosis and treatment. CDC twenty four seven. The ventral has four hook pits. A position as the sister group of branchiurian crustaceans (Maxillopoda) is supported by molecular data and sperm morphology (911) and is widely accepted today; however, sound evidence also exists for other classifications (12). Humans are not considered as its main hosts but can act as both intermediate (visceral linguatuliasis) and final hosts (nasopharyngeal linguatuliasis). The PubMed wordmark and PubMed logo are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Serologic data including serum chemistry, C-reactive protein, fasting blood glucose, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen levels were within normal limits. The adult forms of Linguatula spp. The group itself is divided into 2 orders, the more primitive Cephalobaenida and the more advanced Porocephalida. The Altmetric Attention Score for a research output provides an indicator of the amount of attention that it has received. About Us. Occurrence and characterization of tongue worms, Linguatula spp., in South Africa. Infection rates of dogs in Austria are unknown; only 1 case has been reported, and it occurred in a dog imported from the United States (15). %PDF-1.6 % Med J Islam Repub Iran 12:193194, Schacher JF, Saab S, Germanos R, Boustany N (1969) The aetiology of halzoun in Lebanon: recovery of Linguatula serrata nymphs from two patients. Many human infections arise in underdeveloped areas of the world like the Middle East, India, Africa, and Southeast Asia, where eating raw glands of cattle, sheep, and other herbivorous mammals is a part of a normal diet. Turkiye Parazitol Derg 34:137144, PubMed Parasite Epidemiol Control 7: e00111. Infestation may occur in the viscera, where immature forms develop in the liver, spleen, lungs, eyes, and other organs, or in the nasopharyngeal area. (Drabick, 1987), Although specific predators for this species are unknown, L. serrata depends on predator-prey relationships to reach its hosts. Linguatula serrata is a cosmopolitan, bloodsucking parasite found in both domestic and wild animals. Figure 1. are found in the nasal passages and frontal sinuses of dogs . Linguatula serrata Tongue Worm in Human Eye, Austria. Epub 2020 Sep 23. Linguatula serrata impacts agricultural ecosystems by decreasing fitness and sometimes causing mortality in livestock. Gardiner, C., J. Dyke, S. Shirley. Linguatula serrate, an ectoparasite, belonging to the arthropods order, has diverse forms of adult, nymph and larva. In the case reported here, no eye injury was noted. Hepatic granuloma due to a nymph of Linguatula serrata in a woman from Michigan: A case report and review of the literature. 1984. On general examination, the patients heart, lungs, abdomen, and extremities also had no abnormalities. Using hooks to attach, they feed on blood, lymph and mucus from epithelial cells before they are ejected from the definitive host. Linguatula serrata, also called the dog tongue worm, is not a helminth (i.e. Parasite: Linguatula serrata. The genitals are located ventrally at the fifth abdominal annulus, surrounded laterally by two genital papillae in males. The larvae develop to their adult stage in the nasopharynx of the carnivorous mammals and mate. HS, ZN and RG conceptualized the idea for this review, formulated the review question, and objectives, assisted with the development of the final search strategy, contributed to the data analysis/interpretation, and writing the manuscript. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39(5):808812, Roy D, Ganguly S (1940) Linguatulid infection in man. South-Eastern Iran-Case Report Iran J Parasitol 9(2):282, PubMed Linguatula serrata is not endangered, nor does it typically affect endangered animals. "Linguatula serrata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00111, Tappe D, Buttner DW (2009) Diagnosis of human visceral pentastomiasis. A behavioral evaluation of the effects of ingestion of Linguatula serrata nymphs in rats. Prevalence of Linguatula serrata nymphs and gross changes of infected mesenteric lymph nodes in sheep in Urmia, Iran. Pathology 20:198199, Article The intermediate hosts of these parasites are usually sheep, cattle, or rodents. J Parasitol 9:282285, Yilmaz H, Cengiz ZT, Cicek M, Dulger AC (2011) A nasopharyngeal human infestation caused by Linguatula serrata nymphs in Van province: a case report. , Nasiri, Z., Saeedinia, S. Shekarforoush to move from one place to another papillae males... Change in the right eye corresponding author disease from Kashan Yxu v } c2'K_=6=xg @ k= Jq! Conservation biology of Baird & # x27 ; s tapir ( Tapirus Med B Dis... 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