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Serological evaluation of possible exposure to Ljungan virus and related parechovirus in autoimmune (type 1) diabetes in children.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2015
Nilsson A-L, Vaziri-Sani F, Broberg P, Elfaitouri A, Pipkorn R, Blomberg J, Ivarsson S-A, Elding Larsson H, Lernmark Å
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to Ljungan virus (LV) is implicated in the risk of autoimmune (type 1) diabetes but possible contribution by other parechoviruses is not ruled out. The aim was to compare children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2005-2011 (n = 69) with healthy controls (n = 294), all from the Jämtland County in Sweden, using an exploratory suspension multiplex immunoassay for IgM and IgG against 26 peptides of LV,...
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