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. 1969 Sep 13;3(5671):627–630. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5671.627

Viral Antibodies in Diabetes Mellitus

D R Gamble, M L Kinsley, M G FitzGerald, R Bolton, K W Taylor
PMCID: PMC1984442  PMID: 5811681

Abstract

Sera from 123 patients with diabetes mellitus of recent onset, 155 patients with diabetes of more than two years' duration, and 250 normal persons were collected over a period of two and a half years. All sera were tested for neutralizing antibody to Coxsackie virus types B1–6, and a sample was tested for complement-fixing antibody to a number of viral, rickettsial, and mycoplasmal antigens.

In diabetics of recent onset no evidence was found of any excess of antibodies to mumps virus or some common respiratory viruses. Insulin-dependent diabetes within three months of onset were found to have higher antibody titres to Coxsackie B virus, particularly of type B4, than either normal subjects or patients with diabetes of longer duration.

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