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Biotech / Medical : QDEL - Quidel more quick diagnosis
QDEL 26.60+9.2%3:59 PM EST

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To: Howard Schellenberg who wrote (558)4/5/1997 5:23:00 PM
From: Mike Relyea   of 1693
 
Howard,

Can you provide us more information, such as the name and position, about the sources who provided you Quidel's sales information?

Here's another article in the Washington Post that specifically mentions Chamydia and H. pylori as possible causes of heart disease. The link between infections and heart disease may contribute to increased H. pylori and Chamydia testing in the future:

Heart Disease Study Upsets Old Notions
Inflammation Findings Could Lead to Better Treatment, Prevention

washingtonpost.com

By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 3 1997; Page A01
The Washington Post

. . . ."It's really a major shift in the way we think about heart attacks and strokes," said R. Wayne Alexander, chief of cardiology at Emory University in Atlanta. . . . .Other research has suggested that persistent, blood-borne infections by microbes such as chlamydia or Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria that causes ulcers, or viruses such as cytomegalovirus, can cause vessel inflammation. In that case, antibiotics or antiviral drugs may help prevent heart attacks and strokes. . . .

Mike
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