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Hi: I am afraid I am not familiar with the "TWAR" test. What is it ?? What does it stand for ?? What exactly did these elite athletes die from on post-mortem ?? What kind of symptoms is the player positive for TWAR having ?? As I recalled, there was a theory a while back of linking coronary events with chlamydial infections, but I am not sure if it was the same chlamydial species that you are referring to. Anyone's comment towards educating me would be appreciated. Jason Su MD Toronto, Canada. Stenback Bo wrote: > Dear all, > > Beeing team-physician in an elite team of icehockey I have encountered a new > problem, for me that is, TWAR. In Sweden we had unexplained deaths among > elite athletes early this decade. I have tested one player positive for TWAR > now, with symtoms. Other have been tested but no results. I like comments on > this, here highly loaded, issue. > Yours > Bo Stenback MD > University Hospital > Linkoping, Sweden %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%