| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Enteroviruses such as coxsackie and echoviruses have previously been implicated but more recent studies show no association,52 and it is possible that these viruses infect pancreatic exocrine tissue in preference to the islets.53 Cytomegalovirus and rotavirus contain peptide sequence similarities with islet autoantigens that could potentially trigger islet immunity following infection.
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