Category: Current nPOD Projects

Virus detection in pancreas and other tissues

Enterovirus infections cause pancreatitis and damage endocrine cells in the pancreatic islets. Epidemiological studies have shown an association between enterovirus infections and type 1 diabetes, and viral structures have been detected in the pancreas of diabetic patients. Our recent epidemiological studies have suggested that among all different enterovirus types, the group of coxsackie B viruses […]