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Enterovirus Infection Could Lead to Type 1 Diabetes, Study Shows
A recently concluded study by a team of researchers from China Medical University looked into the potential causal relationship between a prior enterovirus infection and the development of type 1 diabetes in children. Enterovirus is notorious for entering the body via the fecal-oral route, and oftentimes progresses to affecting the nervous system. Infections are more common during the summer and fall, and it is common for infected individuals to be asymptomatic. While this may be the usual case in older patients, enterovirus infections are particularly dangerous in infants and young children and can leave long-term or permanent effects...
Enterovirus Infection Could Lead to Type 1 Diabetes, Study Shows
A recently concluded study by a team of researchers from China Medical University looked into the potential causal relationship between a prior enterovirus infection and the development of type 1 diabetes in children. Enterovirus is notorious for entering the body via the fecal-oral route, and oftentimes progresses to affecting the nervous system. Infections are more common during the summer and fall, and it is common for infected individuals to be asymptomatic. While this may be the usual case in older patients, enterovirus infections are particularly dangerous in infants and young children and can leave long-term or permanent effects...