Enterovirus infections with beta-cell tropic strains are frequent in siblings of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes children and in association with elevated levels of GAD65 antibodies. [electronic resource]
- Journal of medical virology Jul 2004
- 450-9 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article
0146-6615
10.1002/jmv.20111 doi
Adolescent Amino Acid Sequence Antibodies, Viral--blood Autoantibodies--blood Capsid Proteins--chemistry Child Child, Preschool Coxsackievirus Infections--complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1--virology Enterovirus B, Human--classification Female Glutamate Decarboxylase--immunology Humans Islets of Langerhans--virology Isoenzymes--immunology Male Molecular Sequence Data Neutralization Tests Phylogeny RNA, Viral--genetics Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequence Alignment Sequence Analysis, DNA Siblings