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1. Impact of pre-therapy viral load on virological response to modern first-line HAART.

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Santoro MM, Armenia D, Alteri C, Flandre P, Calcagno A, Santoro M, Gori C, Fabeni L, Bellagamba R, Borghi V, Forbici F, Latini A, Palamara G, Libertone R, Tozzi V, Boumis E, Tommasi C, Pinnetti C, Ammassari A, Nicastri E, Buonomini A, Svicher V, Andreoni M, Narciso P, Mussini C, Antinori A, Ceccherini-Silberstein F, Di Perri G, and Perno CF

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Adult, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Female, Genotype, HIV Infections immunology, HIV-1 genetics, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Risk Factors, Treatment Failure, Treatment Outcome, Viremia drug therapy, Viremia virology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, HIV Infections drug therapy, HIV Infections virology, HIV-1 physiology, Viral Load
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Background: We tested whether pre-HAART viraemia affects the achievement and maintenance of virological success in HIV-1-infected patients starting modern first-line therapies., Methods: A total of 1,430 patients starting their first HAART (genotype-tailored) in 2008 (median; IQR: 2006-2009) were grouped according to levels of pre-HAART viraemia (≤ 30,000, 30,001-100,000, 100,001-300,000, 300,001-500,000 and > 500,000 copies/ml). The impact of pre-therapy viraemia on the time to virological success (viraemia ≤ 50 copies/ml) and on the time to virological rebound (first of two consecutive viraemia values > 50 copies/ml after virological success) were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression analyses., Results: Median pre-HAART viraemia was 5.1 log10 copies/ml (IQR 4.5-5.5), and 53% of patients had viraemia > 100,000 copies/ml. By week 48, the prevalence of patients reaching virological success was > 90% in all pre-HAART viraemia ranges, with the only exception of range > 500,000 copies/ml (virological success = 83%; P < 0.001). Higher pre-HAART viraemia was tightly correlated with longer median time to achieve virological success. Cox multivariable estimates confirmed this result: patients with pre-HAART viraemia > 500,000 copies/ml showed the lowest hazard of virological undetectability after adjusting for age, gender, pre-HAART CD4+ T-cell count, transmitted drug resistance, calendar year and third drug administered (adjusted hazard ratio [95% CI]: 0.27 [0.21, 0.35]; P < 0.001). Pre-HAART viraemia > 500,000 copies/ml was also associated with higher probability of virological rebound compared with patients belonging to lower viraemia strata at weeks 4, 12 and 24 (P = 0.050)., Conclusions: At the time of modern HAART, and even though an average > 90% of virological success, high pre-HAART viraemia remains an independent factor associated with delayed and decreased virological success. Patients starting HAART with > 500,000 copies/ml represent a significant population that may deserve special attention.

Published
2013
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2. Self-reported sexual dysfunction is frequent among HIV-infected persons and is associated with suboptimal adherence to antiretrovirals.

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Trotta MP, Ammassari A, Murri R, Marconi P, Zaccarelli M, Cozzi-Lepri A, Acinapura R, Abrescia N, De Longis P, Tozzi V, Scalzini A, Vullo V, Boumis E, Nasta P, Monforte Ad, and Antinori A

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Adult, Cohort Studies, Female, HIV Infections complications, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological etiology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active adverse effects, HIV Infections drug therapy, Patient Compliance, Self-Assessment, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological epidemiology
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Increased occurrence of sexual dysfunction (SD) among patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been reported. To assess prevalence of self-reported SD and to identify factors related to this alteration with special focus to its relationship with adherence behavior, we conducted an intercohort analysis among HIV-infected persons treated with HAART. In an anonymous questionnaire investigating HAART nonadherence, patients were asked to report the occurrence of dysfunction in sexual activity over the previous 4 weeks. Among 612 participants, 125 (21%) reported some degree of SD. "Moderate"/"severe" alterations were reported in 6% and were independently associated with self-reported worsening of viro-immunological parameters (OR 3.90; 95% CI 1.08-14.18), higher symptom score (OR 1.13; 95% CI 1.05-1.22), and reporting abnormal fat accumulation (OR 4.33; 95% CI 1.55-12.11). Furthermore, nonadherent persons had an increased risk of SD (OR 3.44; 95% CI 1.30-9.08). In conclusion, patients' perceived SD represents a relevant problem for HIV-infected persons treated with antiretrovirals and is strongly associated with suboptimal HAART adherence.

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2008
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3. Short Communication: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis septicemia in an HIV-infected patient failed HAART.

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Antinori A, Paglia MG, Marconi P, Festa A, Alba L, Boumis E, Pucillo LP, and Visca P

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Adult, Ceftriaxone therapeutic use, Drug Therapy, Combination therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Levofloxacin, Ofloxacin therapeutic use, Treatment Failure, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis genetics, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections drug therapy, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections microbiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active adverse effects, Sepsis complications, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolation & purification, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections complications
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The first case of septicemia due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in an HIV-infected person was reported. The 42-year-old woman was severely immunosuppressed despite a prolonged exposure to HAART. Specific amplicons for inv, yadA, and lcrF genes showed the pathogenetic potential of the Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O1 isolate. A favorable clinical response to ceftriaxone and levofloxacin was observed.

Published
2004
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4. Remission of Behçet's disease and keratoconjunctivitis sicca in an HIV-infected patient treated with HAART.

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Cicalini S, Gigli B, Palmieri F, Boumis E, Froio N, and Petrosillo N

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Adult, Behcet Syndrome complications, Behcet Syndrome pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, HIV Infections complications, Humans, Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca complications, Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca pathology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Behcet Syndrome diagnosis, HIV Infections drug therapy, Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca diagnosis
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A 34-year-old woman presented with a 10-year history of recurrent oral and genital ulcerations and recurrent episodes of bilateral conjunctivitis associated with HIV infection. A diagnosis of Behçet's disease (BD) in association with keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) was made after exclusion of other viral and autoimmune diseases according to the international criteria for BD. This is the first reported case of a combination of BD and KCS in a patient with HIV infection in which a complete resolution was observed as a result of successful highly active antiretroviral therapy. The likelihood that a direct viral effect or HIV-induced autoimmune mechanisms act in the pathogenesis of both BD and KCS in HIV-infected patients is discussed.

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2004
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5. Changing patterns in the etiology of HIV-associated bacterial pneumonia in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

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Boumis E, Petrosillo N, Girardi E, De Carli G, Armignacco O, Visca P, and Ippolito G

Subjects
Adult, Community-Acquired Infections microbiology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, HIV Infections complications, HIV Infections drug therapy, Pneumonia, Bacterial microbiology
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2001
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6. Treatment simplification to atazanavir/ritonavir+lamivudine versus maintenance of atazanavir/ritonavir+two NRTIs in virologically suppressed HIV-1-infected patients: 48 week results from a randomized trial (ATLAS-M)

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Di Giambenedetto, S., Fabbiani, M., Quiros Roldan, E., Latini, A., D'Ettorre, G., Antinori, A., Castagna, A., Orofino, G., Francisci, D., Chinello, P., Madeddu, G., Grima, P., Rusconi, S., Di Pietro, M., Mondi, A., Ciccarelli, N., Borghetti, A., Focà, E., Colafigli, M., De Luca, A., Cauda, R., Baldonero, E., Belmonti, S., D'Avino, A., Gagliardini, R., Lamonica, S., Lombardi, F., Sidella, L., Tamburrini, E., Visconti, E., Giacometti, A., Barchiesi, F., Castelli, P., Cirioni, O., Mazzocato, S., Blanc, P., Degli Esposti, A., Del Pin, B., Mariabelli, E., Marini, S., Poggi, A., Amadasi, S., Apostoli, A., Biasi, L., Bonito, A., Brianese, N., Compostella, S., Ferraresi, A., Motta, D., Mughini, M. T., Celesia, B. M., Gussio, M., Sofia, S., Tana, M., Tundo, P., Viscoli, C., De Hoffer, L., Di Biagio, A., Grignolo, S., Parisini, A., Schenone, E., Taramasso, L., Manconi, P. E., Boccone, A., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Serusi, L., Puoti, M., Moioli, M. C., Rossotti, R., Travi, G., Ventura, F., Galli, M., Di Nardo Stuppino, S., Di Cristo, V., Giacomelli, A., Vimercati, V., Viale, P., Gori, A., Rizzardini, G., Capetti, A., Carenzi, L., Mazza, F., Meraviglia, P., Rosa, S., Zucchi, P., Mineo, M., Giuliani, M., Pacifici, A., Pimpinelli, F., Solivetti, F., Stivali, F., Angelici, F., Bellagamba, R., Delle Rose, D., Fezza, R., Libertone, R., Mosti, S., Narciso, P., Nicastri, E., Ottou, S., Tomassi, C., Vlassi, C., Zaccarelli, M., Zoppè, F., Vullo, V., Altavilla, F., Ceccarelli, G., Fantauzzi, A., Gebremeskel, S., Lo Menzo, S., Mezzaroma, I., Tierno, F., Petrosillo, N., Boumis, E., Cicalini, S., Grilli, E., Musso, M., Stella, C., Mura, M. S., Bagella, P., Mannazzu, M., Soddu, V., Caramello, P., Carcieri, C., Carosella, S., Farenga, M., Scotton, P. G., Rossi, M. C., Concia, E., Corsini, F., Gricolo, C., Lanzafame, M., Lattuada, E., Leonardi, S., Rigo, F., Lazzarin, A., Bigoloni, A., Carini, E., Nozza, S., Spagnuolo, V., Belfiori, B., Malincarne, L., Schiaroli, E., Sfara, C., Tosti, A., Sacchini, D., Ruggieri, A., Valdatta, C., Di Giambenedetto, S, Fabbiani, M, Quiros Roldan, E, Latini, A, D'Ettorre, G, Antinori, A, Castagna, A, Orofino, G, Francisci, D, Chinello, P, Madeddu, G, Grima, P, Rusconi, S, Di Pietro, M, Mondi, A, Ciccarelli, N, Borghetti, A, Foca, E, Colafigli, M, De Luca, A, Cauda, R, Baldonero, E, Belmonti, S, D'Avino, A, Gagliardini, R, Lamonica, S, Lombardi, F, Sidella, L, Tamburrini, E, Visconti, E, Giacometti, A, Barchiesi, F, Castelli, P, Cirioni, O, Mazzocato, S, Blanc, P, Degli Esposti, A, Del Pin, B, Mariabelli, E, Marini, S, Poggi, A, Amadasi, S, Apostoli, A, Biasi, L, Bonito, A, Brianese, N, Compostella, S, Ferraresi, A, Motta, D, Mughini, M, Celesia, B, Gussio, M, Sofia, S, Tana, M, Tundo, P, Viscoli, C, De Hoffer, L, Di Biagio, A, Grignolo, S, Parisini, A, Schenone, E, Taramasso, L, Manconi, P, Boccone, A, Ortu, F, Piano, P, Serusi, L, Puoti, M, Moioli, M, Rossotti, R, Travi, G, Ventura, F, Galli, M, Di Nardo Stuppino, S, Di Cristo, V, Giacomelli, A, Vimercati, V, Viale, P, Gori, A, Rizzardini, G, Capetti, A, Carenzi, L, Mazza, F, Meraviglia, P, Rosa, S, Zucchi, P, Mineo, M, Giuliani, M, Pacifici, A, Pimpinelli, F, Solivetti, F, Stivali, F, Angelici, F, Bellagamba, R, Delle Rose, D, Fezza, R, Libertone, R, Mosti, S, Narciso, P, Nicastri, E, Ottou, S, Tomassi, C, Vlassi, C, Zaccarelli, M, Zoppe, F, Vullo, V, Altavilla, F, Ceccarelli, G, Fantauzzi, A, Gebremeskel, S, Lo Menzo, S, Mezzaroma, I, Tierno, F, Petrosillo, N, Boumis, E, Cicalini, S, Grilli, E, Musso, M, Stella, C, Mura, M, Bagella, P, Mannazzu, M, Soddu, V, Caramello, P, Carcieri, C, Carosella, S, Farenga, M, Scotton, P, Rossi, M, Concia, E, Corsini, F, Gricolo, C, Lanzafame, M, Lattuada, E, Leonardi, S, Rigo, F, Lazzarin, A, Bigoloni, A, Carini, E, Nozza, S, Spagnuolo, V, Belfiori, B, Malincarne, L, Schiaroli, E, Sfara, C, Tosti, A, Sacchini, D, Ruggieri, A, Valdatta, C, Roldan, Eq, Focà, E, and on behalf of the Atlas-M Study, Group

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, HIV Infections, ART HIV, Gastroenterology, law.invention, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, immune system diseases, law, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, HIV Infection, Pharmacology (medical), Viral, 030212 general & internal medicine, Adult, Atazanavir Sulfate, Coinfection, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, HIV-1, Humans, Lamivudine, Middle Aged, RNA, Viral, Ritonavir, Viral Load, Young Adult, Pharmacology, Infectious Diseases, virus diseases, dual therapy, Combination, Viral load, Human, medicine.drug, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, 030106 microbiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE, 03 medical and health sciences, Drug Therapy, Internal medicine, medicine, Highly Active, Adverse effect, business.industry, Surgery, Atazanavir, Regimen, RNA, business
Abstract

Background: Combination ART (cART)-related toxicities and costs have prompted the need for treatment simplification. The ATLAS-M trial explored 48 week non-inferior efficacy of simplification to atazanavir/ritonavir + lamivudine versus maintaining three-drug atazanavir/ritonavir-based cART in virologically suppressed patients. Methods: We performed an open-label, multicentre, randomized, non-inferiority study, enrolling HIV-infected adults on atazanavir/ritonavir+two NRTIs, with stable HIV-RNA 200 cells/mm3. Main exclusion criteria were hepatitis B virus coinfection, past virological failure on or resistance to study drugs, recent AIDS and pregnancy. Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to either switch to 300mg of atazanavir/ 100mg of ritonavir once daily and 300mg of lamivudine once daily (atazanavir/ritonavir+lamivudine arm) or to continue the previous regimen (atazanavir/ritonavir+two NRTIs arm). The primary study outcome was the maintenance of HIV-RNA

Published
2017

7. Drug-resistance development differs between HIV-1-infected patients failing first-line antiretroviral therapy containing nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors with and without thymidine analogues

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Santoro, M, Sabin, C, Forbici, F, Bansi, L, Dunn, D, Fearnhill, E, Boumis, E, Nicastri, E, Antinori, A, Palamara, G, Callegaro, A, Francisci, Daniela, Zoncada, A, Maggiolo, F, Zazzi, M, Perno, C, Ceccherini Silberstein, F, and Mussini, C.

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Adult, Male, genotypic resistance test, Anti-HIV Agents, Drug Resistance, Organophosphonates, Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Infections, Deoxycytidine, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Drug Resistance, Viral, Emtricitabine, Humans, Highly Active, Viral, Treatment Failure, Tenofovir, virological failure, resistance to reverse transcriptase inhibitors, Adenine, Middle Aged, Viral Load, Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia e Microbiologia Clinica, Dideoxynucleosides, HIV Reverse Transcriptase, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Drug Combinations, first-line regimen, Female, HIV-1, Lamivudine, Thymidine, Zidovudine
Abstract

We evaluated the emergence of drug resistance in patients failing first-line regimens containing one nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) administered with zidovudine (ZDV) + lamivudine (the ZDV group) or non-thymidine analogues (non-TAs) (tenofovir or abacavir, + lamivudine or emtricitabine; the non-TA group).Three hundred HIV-1-infected patients failing a first-line NNRTI-containing regimen (nevirapine, n = 148; efavirenz, n = 152) were included in the analysis. Virological failure was defined as viraemia ≥ 400 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL for the first time at least 6 months after starting the NNRTI-based regimen. For each patient, a genotypic resistance test at failure was available. The presence of drug-resistance mutations in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase was evaluated by comparing patients treated with NNRTI + zidovudine + lamivudine vs. those treated with NNRTI + non-TA.A total of 208 patients were failing with NNRTI + zidovudine + lamivudine and 92 with NNRTI + non-TA. No significant differences were observed between the non-TA group and the ZDV group regarding the time of virological failure [median (interquartile range): 12 (8-25) vs. 13 (9-32) months, respectively; P = 0.119] and viraemia [median (interquartile range): 4.0 (3.2-4.9) vs. 4.0 (3.3-4.7) log₁₀ copies/mL, respectively; P = 0.894]. Resistance to reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) occurred at a significant lower frequency in the non-TA group than in the ZDV group (54.3 vs. 75.5%, respectively; P = 0.001). This difference was mainly attributable to a significantly lower prevalence of NNRTI resistance (54.3 vs. 74.0%, respectively; P = 0.002) and of the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) mutation M184V (23.9 vs. 63.5%, respectively; P 0.001) in the non-TA group compared with the ZDV group. As expected, the mutation K65R was found only in the non-TA group (18.5%; P 0.001).At first-line regimen failure, a lower prevalence of RTI resistance was found in patients treated with NNRTI + non-TA compared with those treated with NNRTI + zidovudine + lamivudine. These results confirm that the choice of backbone may influence the prevalence of drug resistance at virological failure.

Published
2013

8. [Guidelines for the management of HCV infection in HIV-infected patients. Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani]

Author

Antonucci G, Antinori A, Boumis E, De Longis P, Gentile M, Girardi E, Fn, Lauria, Narciso P, Noto P, Palmieri F, Oliva A, Petrosillo N, Rosati S, Urso R, Tocci G, Tozzi V, Visco Comandini U, and Giuseppe Ippolito

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Liver Cirrhosis, Clinical Trials as Topic, Evidence-Based Medicine, Anti-HIV Agents, Disease Management, HIV Infections, Pilot Projects, Comorbidity, Antiviral Agents, Hepatitis C, Treatment Outcome, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Humans, RNA, Viral, Drug Interactions, Viremia, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
Abstract

It is crucial to ensure an optimal clinical management of HCV infection in HIV-co-infected persons. The reasons for the development of guidelines on HCV-infection treatment in HIV-infected persons arise from the need for a standardised management of HIV/HCV coinfection in our Institute. The aim of these guidelines are: to clarify principles of clinical management of HCV infection in HIV-infected patients to care-providers; to improve the awareness of HIV-infected patients cared for our Institute on current management of HCV infection; to improve the quality of care on this topic. These guidelines, based on Evidence based Medicine principles, have been developed by a panel of experts, who conducted a systematic review of the literature, mainly taking into account current international recommendations. In the present document, the most frequent clinical presentation occurring in the management of HIV/HCV co-infected patients at our Institution are discussed. The adherence to present guidelines and their effectiveness at our Institution, outcome indicators will be evaluated. The present guidelines cannot entirely substitute the judgement of an expert clinician. However, adherence to these guidelines will contribute to the improvement of the standard of care of HIV/HCV-co-infected persons.

Published
2004

9. Changing patterns in the etiology of HIV-associated bacterial pneumonia in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

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G De Carli, Paolo Visca, Nicola Petrosillo, Giuseppe Ippolito, Evangelo Boumis, Enrico Girardi, Orlando Armignacco, Boumis, E, Petrosillo, N, Girardi, E, De Carli, G, Armignacco, O, Visca, Paolo, and Ippolito, G.

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Microbiology (medical), Adult, Male, HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, Haemophilus influenzae, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pneumonia, Bacterial, Medicine, Humans, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Sulfamethoxazole, Respiratory disease, Bacterial pneumonia, virus diseases, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Trimethoprim, Community-Acquired Infections, Pneumonia, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Female, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Bacterial pneumonia is the most prevalent and serious HIV-associated bacterial infection [1]. The most common etiologic agents of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) are similar in HIV-infected and uninfected subjects, mainly Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae [1, 2]. However, an increasing prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa [3-5] and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX)-resistant organisms [5] has been observed in severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patients.

Published
2001

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