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Egyir B, Charles Brown, Kwadwo Koram, Michael Wilson. “Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Binding Antigen 175 and Clinical Outcome of Malaria in the Kassena-Nankana District.” International Journal of Infectious Diseases 12, no. 1 (2008): e53-e54

Egyir B, Dodoo D, Atuguba F, Bosomprah S, Ansah NA, Ansah P, Lamptey H, Oduro AR, Gyan B, Hodgson A, Koram KA. “ Antibody levels to multiple malaria vaccine candidate antigens in relation to clinical malaria episodes in children in the Kasena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana. ” Malaria Journal 10, no. 108 (2011)

Egyir B, Luca Guardabassi, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Jesper Larsen, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Mercy Jemima Newman, Anders Rhod Larsen. “Prevalence of nasal carriage and diversity of Staphylococcus aureus among inpatients and hospital staff at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana.” Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 1 no. 4 (2013):189–193

Egyir B, Guardabassi L, Esson J, Nielsen SS Newmann MJ ,Addo KK, Larsen AR. “Insights into Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in an Urban and a Rural Community in Ghana.” PLoS ONE 9, no. 4 (2014).

Egyir B, Luca Guardabassi, Marit Sørum, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Augusta Kolekang, Enoch Frimpong, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Mercy Jemima Newman, Anders Rhod Larsen. “Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical Staphylococcus aureus from Healthcare Institutions in Ghana.” PLoS ONE 9 no. 2 (2014): e89716

Egyir B, Addo Kennedy, Larsen Anders Rhod, Guardabassi Luca, Kolekang Augusta, Newman Mercy, Sørum Marit, Frimpong Enoch, Nielsen Søren. “Egyir PlosOne Clinical.” (2014)

Egyir B, D Boamah, GD Fadehan, DA Edoh, S Kaminta, H Blagogee, H Brew-Daniels, S Acheampong, M Addo-Apenteng, AA Appiah. “Bioassay-Guided Discovery of Antibacterial Agents: In vitro Susceptibility of Multi-drug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Psidium guajava Linn Extracts.” European Journal of Medicinal Plants 10, no. 3 (2015): 1-17

Egyir B, Luca Guardabassi, Stefan Monecke, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Mercy Jemima Newman, Anders Rhod Larsen. “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from Ghana include USA300.” Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 3, no. 1 (2015):26-30

Egyir B, Oteng AA, Owusu E, Newman MJ, Addo KK, Rhod-Larsen A. “Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients in Accra, Ghana. ” The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 10, no. 5 (2016)

Egyir B, Peitzmann Lena, Stegger Marc, Akpaka Patrick, Alabi Abraham, Breurec Sebastien, Coombs Geoffrey, Larsen Anders Rhod, Laurent Frédéric, Monecke Stefan, Peters Georg, Skov Robert, Strommenger Birgit, Vandenesch François, Schaumburg Frieder, Mellmann Alexander. “Origin, evolution, and global transmission of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus ST8.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 no. 49 (2017): E10596-E10604

Egyir B, AN Antwi, KBA Owusu, M Amoa-Bosompem, NB Williams, F Ayertey, L Akyeh, J Agyapong, T Tetteh, GI Djameh, SK Botchie, F Azerigyik, A Ablordey, NH Tung, T Uto, AA Appiah, S Iwanaga, Y Shoyama, N Ohta, M Ohashi. “Anti-microbial activities of selected Ghanaian medicinal plants and four structurally similar anti-protozoan compounds against susceptible and multi-drug resistant bacteria.” European Journal of Medicinal Plants 20, n0. 2 (2017): 1-14

Egyir B, Donkor ES, Jamrozy D, Mills RO, Dankwah T, Amoo PK, Badoe EV, Twasam J, Bentley SD. “ A genomic infection control study for Staphylococcus aureus in two Ghanaian hospitals.” Dove Medical Press 2018, no. 11 (2018) : 1757-1765

Egyir B, Adesoji TO, Shittu AO. “Antibiotic-resistant staphylococci from the wastewater treatment plant and grey-water samples in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.” Journal of Water and Health 18, no. 6 (2020): 890-898

Dsani E, Afari EA, Danso-Appiah A, Kenu E , Kaburi BB, Egyir B. “Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Detection of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Raw Meat in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.” BMC Microbiology 20, no. 1 (2020).

Baig S, Rhod Larsen A, Martins Simões P, Laurent F, Johannesen TB, Lilje B, Tristan A, Schaumburg F, Egyir B, Cirkovic I, Nimmo GR, Spiliopoulou I, Blanc DS, Mernelius S, Moen AEF, David MZ, Andersen PS, Stegger M. “Evolution and Population Dynamics of Clonal Complex 152 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.” mSphere 5, no. 4 (2020).

Egyir B, Noah Nkrumah-Obeng, Edward Nyarko, Anne Fox, Andrew Letizia, Terrel Sanders. “898. Prevalence of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella Pneumoniae and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa from Hospital Acquired Surgical Site Infections in Ghana.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 7, no. 1 (2020): S483

Egyir B, Obeng-Nkrumah N, Kyei GB. “COVID-19 Pandemic and Antimicrobial Resistance: Another Call to Strengthen Laboratory Diagnostic Capacity in Africa.” African Journal of Laboratory Medicine 9, no. 1 (2020). Read more: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v9i1.1302

Egyir B, Ravens S, Fichtner AS, Willers M, Torkornoo D, Pirr S, Schöning J, Deseke M, Sandrock I, Bubke A, Wilharm A, Dodoo D, Flanagan KL, Steinbrück L, Dickinson P, Ghazal P, Adu B, Viemann D, Prinz I. “ Microbial exposure drives polyclonal expansion of innate γδ T cells immediately after birth. ” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 31 (2020) : 18649-18660

Egyir B, Nazreen F. Hadjirin, Srishti Gupta, Felicia Owusu, Bright Agbodzi, Tsatsu Adogla-Bessa, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Marc Stegger, Anders Rhod Larsen, Mark A. Holmes. “Whole-genome sequence profiling of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from livestock and farm attendants in Ghana.” Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 22, (2020): 527-532

Egyir B, Esther Dsani, Edwin Andrews Afari, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Ernest Kenu, Basil Benduri Kaburi. “Antimicrobial Resistance and Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases of Escherichia coli isolates from Raw Meat in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.” BMC Microbiology (2020)

Egyir B, Chama MA, Modos D, Mervin LH, Owusu KB, Ayine-Tora DM, Paemka L, Yankson G, Ohashi M, Afzal AM, Bender A. “ Towards understanding antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity and the mode of action of dichapetalins A and M using in silico and in vitro studies.” Toxicon 193, (2021): 28-37.

Egyir B, Dayie NTKD, Sekoh DNK, Kotey FCN, Tetteh-Quarcoo PB, Adutwum-Ofosu KK, Ahenkorah J, Osei MM, Donkor ES. “Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Children in the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era.” Infectious Disease Reports 13, no. 1 (2021): 191-204

Egyir B, Nicholas T K D Dayie, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Japheth A Opintan, Patience B Tetteh-Quarcoo, Fleischer C N Kotey, John Ahenkorah, Kevin Kofi Adutwum-Ofosu. “Nasopharyngeal carriage and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Staphylococcus aureus among children under five years in Accra.” Pathogens 10, no. 2 (2021): 136

Egyir B, Bentum J, Attram N, Fox A, Obeng-Nkrumah N, Appiah-Korang L, Behene E, Kumordjie S, Yeboah C, Agbodzi B, Bentil RE, Tagoe R, Kofi Adu Tabi B, Owusu F, Dayie NTKD, Donkor ES, Nsaful J, Asah-Opoku K, Nyarko E, Asumanu E, Larsen AR, Wolfe DM, Letizia AG. “Whole Genome Sequencing and Antimicrobial Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus from Surgical Site Infections in Ghana”. Pathogens. (2021) 12;10(2):196. Read more: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020196

Egyir B, Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Nicholas T K D Dayie, Eric Sampane-Donkor, Mercy Jemima Newman, Japheth Awuletey Opintan. “Antimicrobial use in hospitalized patients: a multicentre point prevalence survey across seven hospitals in Ghana.” JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 3, no. 3 (2021): dlab087

Egyir B, Felicia Owusu, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi, William Boateng, Sarkodie Kodom, Quaneeta Mohktar, Pernille Nilsson, Bright Adu, Rene S Hendriksen. “Antibiotic Profiles and Draft Genome Sequences of Kerstersia gyiorum, Providencia stuartii, Providencia vermicola, and Alcaligenes faecalis Strains Recovered from Soft Tissue Biopsy Samples in Ghana.” American Society for Microbiology Journals 12, no. 1 (2022)

Egyir B, Terrel Sanders, Anne Fox, Naiki Attram, Jeannette Bentum, Edward Nyarko, Chaselynn Watters. “CHARACTERIZATION OF MRSA AND ESBL PATHOGENS FROM PATIENTS WITH SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS IN ACCRA, GHANA.” Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 2, no. 1 (2022): pp. s86

Egyir B, Opeyemi Uwangbaoje Lawal, Olaniyi Ayobami, Alaa Abouelfetouh, Nadira Mourabit, Mamadou Kaba, Shima M Abdulgader, Adebayo Osagie Shittu. “A 6-Year Update on the Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Africa: A Systematic Review.” Frontiers in Microbiology 13, (2022)

Egyir B, Felicia P Dwomoh, Fleischer CN Kotey, Nicholas TKD Dayie, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Felicia Amoa-Owusu, Vida Bannah, Fuad M Alzahrani, Ibrahim F Halawani, Khalid J Alzahrani, Eric S Donkor. “Phenotypic and genotypic detection of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Accra, Ghana.” PLoS ONE 17, no. 12 (2022): e0279715.

Egyir B, Helena Dela, Ayodele O Majekodunmi, Eric Behene, Clara Yeboah, Dominic Ackah, Richard NA Bongo, Bassirou Bonfoh, Jakob Zinsstag, Langbong Bimi, Kennedy Kwasi Addo. “Diarrhoeagenic E. coli occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases isolated from diarrhoea patients attending health facilities in Accra, Ghana. ” PLoS ONE 17, no. 5 (2022) : e0268991

Egyir B, Mabel Kamweli Aworh, Eme Ekeng, Pernille Nilsson, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Rene S Hendriksen. “Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Among Humans, Beef Cattle, and Abattoir Environments in Nigeria.” Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12 (2022)

Egyir B, Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Nicholas TKD Dayie, Ben Molai Addo, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Ama Fenny, James Edward Mensah. “Occurrence and significance of fluoroquinolone-resistant and ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae complex of the rectal flora in Ghanaian patients undergoing prostate biopsy.” JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 4, no. 6 (2022): dlac113

Egyir B, Esther Dsani, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi, Felicia Amoa Owusu, Emmanuel Allegye-Cudjoe, Kennedy Kwasi Addo. “Antimicrobial resistance and genomic analysis of staphylococci isolated from livestock and farm attendants in Northern Ghana.” BMC Microbiology 22, no. 180 (2022)

Egyir B, Mary Anti Chama, Kofi Baffour-Awuah Owusu. “PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND IN VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF MILLETTIA CHRYSOPHYLLA AND MILLETTIA ZECHIANA.” Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) 40, no. 1 (2022)

Egyir B, Helena Dela, Eric Behene, Hamdiya Sulemana, Rodalyn Tagoe, Ronald Bentil, Richard NA Bongo, Bassirou Bonfoh, Jakob Zinsstag, Langbong Bimi, Kennedy Kwasi Addo. “Microbiological quality and antimicrobial resistance of Bacteria species recovered from ready-to-eat food, water samples, and palm swabs of food vendors in Accra, Ghana.” International Journal of Food Microbiology 396 (2023): 110195

Egyir B, Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi, Esther Dsani, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Felicia Owusu, Quaneeta Mohktar, Pernille Nillson, Bright Adu, Rene Hendriksen. “Enterococcus species: Insights into antimicrobial resistance and whole genome features of isolates recovered from Livestock and Raw Meat in Ghana.” Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (2023)

Egyir B, Mary A Chama, Godwin A Dziwornu, Elizabeth Popli, Eduard Mas-Claret, Daniel M Ayine-Tora, Kofi BA Owusu, David G Reid, Dorcas Osei-Safo, Melinda Duer, Dulcie Mulholland, Andreas Bender. “Antimicrobial and in silico studies of the triterpenoids of Dichapetalum albidum.” Heliyon 9, no. 7 (2023): e18299

Egyir B, Bright Adu, Joseph HK Bonney, Isaac Darko Otchere, Prince Asare, Francis E Dennis, Evelyn Yayra Bonney, Richard Akuffo, Ivy A Asante, Evangeline Obodai, Selassie Kumordjie, Joyce Appiah-Kubi, Quaneeta Mohktar, Hilda Opoku Frempong, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Mildred A Adusei-Poku, James O Aboagye, Bright Agbodzi, Clara Yeboah, Seyram B Agbenyo, Peace O Uche, Keren O Attiku, Bernice Twenewaa Sekyere, Dennis Laryea, Kwame Buabeng, Helena Lamptey, Anita Ghansah, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Abraham K Anang, William K Ampofo, George B Kyei, John K Odoom. “SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana.” Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal 29, no. 4 (2023)

Egyir B, Bright Agbodzi, Samuel Duodu, Helena Dela, Selassie Kumordjie, Clara Yeboah, Eric Behene, Karen Ocansey, Jennifer Nyamekye Yanney, George Boateng-Sarfo, Samuel Kojo Kwofie, Sophie M Colston, Hugo V Miranda, Chaselynn Watters, Terrel Sanders, Anne T Fox, Andrew G Letizia, Michael R Wiley, Naiki Attram. “Whole genome analysis and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Ghana.” Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (2023)

Egyir B, Kate S Baker, Elita Jauneikaite, Katie L Hopkins, Stephanie W Lo, Leonor Sánchez-Busó, Maria Getino, Benjamin P Howden, Kathryn E Holt, Lillian A Musila, Rene S Hendriksen, Daniel G Amoako, David M Aanensen, Iruka N Okeke, Jamie G Nunn, Janet T Midega. “Genomics for public health and international surveillance of antimicrobial resistance.” The Lancet Microbe 4 no. 12 (2023): e963-e1070

Egyir B, Eric S Donkor, Khitam Muhsen, Sherry AM Johnson, Fleischer CN Kotey, Nicholas TKD Dayie, Patience B Tetteh-Quarcoo, Edem Tette, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Nicholas I Nii-Trebi, Godfred Owusu-Okyere, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Yonatan Amir, Saritte Perlman, Perdita Hilary Lopes, Adjo Mfodwo, Nicola C Gordon, Louise Gresham, Mark Smolinski, Dani Cohen. “Multicenter Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Bloodstream Infections in Ghana.” Antibiotics 12, no. 2 (2023): 255

Egyir B, Kate S Baker, Elita Jauneikaite, Jamie G Nunn, Janet T Midega, Rifat Atun, Kathryn E Holt, Kamini Walia, Benjamin P Howden, Heather Tate, Iruka N Okeke, Alessandra Carattoli, Li Yang Hsu, Katie L Hopkins, Dishon M Muloi, Nicole E Wheeler, David M Aanensen, Lewis CE Mason, Jonah Rodgus, Rene S Hendriksen, Sabiha Y Essack, Alison L Halpin, Duncan R MacCannell, Josefina Campos, Padmini Srikantiah, Nicholas A Feasey, Sharon J Peacock. “Evidence review and recommendations for the implementation of genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance: reports from an international expert group.” The Lancet Microbe 4, no. 12 (2023): e1035-e1039

Egyir B, Elita Jauneikaite, Kate Baker, Jamie G Nunn, Janet T Midega, Li Yang Hsu, Shweta R Singh, Alison L Halpin, Katie L Hopkins, James R Price, Padmini Srikantiah, Iruka N Okeke, Kathryn E Holt, Sharon J Peacock, Nicholas A Feasey, SEDRIC Genomics Surveillance Working Group. “Genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance to support infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities.” The Lancet Microbe 4, no. 12 (2023): e1040-e1046

Egyir B, Dishon M Muloi, Elita Jauneikaite, Muna F Anjum, Sabiha Y Essack, David A Singleton, Mitchelle R Kasudi, Matthew J Wade, Jamie G Nunn, Janet T Midega, Sharon J Peacock, Nicholas A Feasey, Kate S Baker, Ruth N Zadoks. “Exploiting genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance at One Health interfaces.” The Lancet Microbe 4, no. 12 (2023): e1056-e1062

Egyir B, Felicia A Owusu, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Esther Gyinae, Sarkodie Kodom, Rhodalyn Tagoe, Blessing Kofi Adu Tabi, Nicholas TKD Dayie, Japheth A Opintan. “Occurrence of Carbapenemases, Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases and AmpCs among Beta-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria from Clinical Sources in Accra, Ghana.” Antibiotics 12, no. 6 (2023): 1016

Egyir B, Massimo Sartelli, Philip S Barie, Federico Coccolini, Mohamed Abbas et al. “Ten golden rules for optimal antibiotic use in hospital settings: the WARNING call to action.” World Journal of Emergency Surgery 18, no. 50 (2023)

Egyir B, Neema Camara, Nyambura Moremi, Janneth Mghamba, Eliudi Eliakimu, Edwin Shumba, Pascale Ondoa. “Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in human health in Tanzania: 2016–2021.” African Journal of Laboratory Medicine 12, no. 1 (2023)

Egyir B, Eshetu Gadisa, Bright Adu, Hawawu Ahmed, Guta Disasa, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema. “Epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance profile and management of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among mothers with suspected sepsis in Ethiopia.” Clinica Chimica Acta 558, no. 1 (2024): 119201

Egyir B, Rebecca Tettey ,Prudence Tettey, John Arko-Mensah, Samuel Ofori Addo, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, William Boateng, Julius Fobil. “Genomic analysis of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli from Urban Environmental water sources in Accra, Ghana, Provides Insights into public health implications.” PLoS ONE 19 no. 5 (2024): e0301531

Egyir B, Nicholas T.K.D. Dayi, Felicia Amoa Owusu, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Bright Adu, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Eric S Donkor, Richard A Stabler. “Genome Sequences of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Recovered from Mid-Stream Urine Samples in Accra, Ghana.” Microorganisms 12 no. 6, (2024): 1139

Egyir B, Duedu, Kwabena O. , Amoako, Daniel. “Research Topics: Advances in Genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Low and Middle-Income Countries.” Frontiers in Antibiotics (2024)

Egyir B, Taona Sinyawa, Misheck Shawa, Geoffrey M Muuka, Fusya Goma, Paul Fandamu, Joseph Yamweka Chizimu, Cynthia Sipho Khumalo, Malala Mulavu, Masuzyo Ngoma, Herman Moses Chambaro, Harvey Kakoma Kamboyi, Masahiro Kajihara, Hirofumi Sawa, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Hideaki Higashi, Geoffrey Mainda, Musso Munyeme, John Bwalya Muma, Christian Owusu Nyantakyi, Bernard Mudenda Hang’ombe. “Antimicrobial Use Survey and Detection of ESBL-Escherichia coli in Commercial and Medium-/Small-Scale Poultry Farms in Selected Districts of Zambia.” Antibiotics 13, no. 5 (2024): 467

Egyir B, Mabel Kamweli Aworh, Pernille Nilsson, Felicia Amoa Owusu, Rene S Hendriksen. “Rare serovars of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica isolated from humans, beef cattle and abattoir environments in Nigeria.” PLoS ONE 19, no. 1 (2024): e0296971.

Egyir B, Alfred Bortey, Kwabena O. Duedu, Gifty Boateng, Franklin A. Bekoe, George Hedidor, Michael Adjabeng, Nicholas T.K.D. Dayie, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Japheth A. Opintan. “Implementation of antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Ghana using the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy.” African Journal of Laboratory Medicine 13, (2024): 2404

Egyir B, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Alfred Bortey, Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi, Felicia Amoa Owusu, William Boateng, Hawawu Ahmed, Justice Kwesi Danso, Agnes Akosua Gyamaah Oclu, Quaneeta Mohktar, Georgina Tetteh-Ocloo, Harold Amegbletor, Kwabena Fosu, Francis Kwame Morgan Tetteh, Solomon Asante-Sefa, Oliver Nangkuu Deberu, Kennedy Mensah Osei, Joana Twasam, Sarkodie Kodom, Esther Gyinae, James Sampah, Nicholas Dzifa Dayie, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, William Addo Mills-Pappoe, Gifty Boateng, Pernille Nilsson, Harriet Affran Bonful, Bright Adu, Rene S Hendriksen. “Whole genome sequencing revealed high proportions of ST152 MRSA among clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from ten hospitals in Ghana.” mSphere 9:e00446-24