Evidence emerges that Coxsackie virus-induced autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in mice may be caused by bystander activation of T cells or other mechanisms distinct from molecular mimicry (pages 781–785).
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Wekerle, H. The viral triggering of autoimmune disease. Nat Med 4, 770–771 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0798-770
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