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The study, the largest carried out on the topic to date, showed a strong connection between the development of type 1 diabetes in children and viral infections, specifically in the case of enteroviruses.
Authors Professor Heikki Hyoty and Dr Hanna Honkanen of the University of Tampere, Finland, said: “The present study suggests that enterovirus infections in young children are associated with the appearance of islet autoantibodies with a time lag of about one year.
