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Paradoxical lessening of autoimmune processes in non-obese diabetic mice after infection with the diabetogenic variant of encephalomyocarditis virus.
European journal of immunology - 1 Jun 1990
Hermitte L, Vialettes B, Naquet P, Atlan C, Payan M J, Vague P
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In order to gain insight into the interaction between autoimmunity and viral infection in the onset of insulin-dependent diabetes, non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice which spontaneously develop autoimmune diabetes were inoculated with the diabetogenic variant of the encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV-D) before the onset of the disease. The pre-diabetic period was divided into two phases: the early phase (days 88 to 116)...
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