Type 1 Diabetes 50% More Likely In Children Who Have Been Infected With Enterovirus

[Northerner]

Type 1 diabetes is thought to be caused by genetic predisposition and possibly environmental influences, such as exposure to certain chemicals or pathogens. On Friday, doctors in Taiwan said they've established convincing evidence for a long-speculated environmental cause: enterovirus infection.

The possible link between enterovirus diseases — polio, Coxsackievirus A, Coxsackievirus B and echovirus — and Type 1 diabetes has been debated since 1969, but solid proof has been evasive.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/type-1-...ren-who-have-been-infected-enterovirus-307303