Enterovirus infections and type 1 diabetes mellitus: is there any relationship?

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: RG Tavares, RB Trevisol, J Comerlato, T Dalzochio, LR Feksa, FR Spilki, DB Berlese
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2012
• Subjects: diabetes mellitus type I; enterovirus; autoimmune disease; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; The Islets
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992012000100002; https://doaj.org/article/12dce47cb95e49bfa35a7ee124c27373

Several health organizations have classified diabetes mellitus, a metabolic syndrome, as the epidemic of the century, since it affects millions of people worldwide and is one of the top ten causes of death. Type 1 diabetes is considered to be an autoimmune disease, in which autoaggressive T cells in...