Type 1 diabetes mellitus and enterovirus linkage: search for associated etiopathology

• Main Authors: Idris Abdullahi Nasir (Author), Anthony U Emeribe (Author), Halima A Shuwa (Author), Maryam M Zakari (Author), Nkechi Onukegbe Peters (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is believed to have complex interplay between several enteroviruses (EVs) and host immune system disturbance induced or accelerated by viral pathogenesis. In the past two decades, there has been global upsurge in the incidence of childhood T1D, especially in those less than 5 y...