A team of researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England, the University of Brighton and the Department of Pathology at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, has found that a common family of viruses (enteroviruses) may play an important role in triggering the development of diabetes, particularly in children.
Study Of Human Pancreases Links Virus To Cause Of Type 1 Diabetes
A common virus may be the trigger for the development of many cases of diabetes, particularly in children, UK researchers have reported.
BBC NEWS | Health | Virus 'triggers child diabetes'
Diabetes vaccine hope as virus link revealed
Two separate teams of British researchers found strong evidence that enterovirus infection can trigger the immune reaction which leads to insulin-dependent diabetes.
Diabetes vaccine hope as virus link revealed - Yorkshire Post