PXII-22 Investigation of enterovirus RNA, enterovirus antibodies, GAD antibodies and HLA genotyping in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Enterovirus infections with β-cell tropi

Enterovirus infections with β-cell tropic strains are frequent in siblings of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes children and in association with elevated levels of GAD65 antibodies

✍ Gun Frisk; Torsten Tuvemo 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 102 KB

## Abstract Enterovirus infections have been associated with type 1 diabetes in a number of reports. Recent prospective studies have suggested that enterovirus infections initiate the autoimmune process. Variation in virulence and replication pattern between strains of a serotype has also been show