ESPEYB16 10. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (1) (20 abstracts)
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
To read the full abstract: JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(3):280282.
For many years, it has been put forward that enterovirus infections might precede type 1 diabetes onset and that there might be a link between the two diseases. This study simply shows that it is still not the time to draw firm and clear conclusions as to whether or not enteroviruses do play a role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes. This study is mentioned since an infectious origin of autoimmune disease should be studied more diligently and more widely.