A Potential Link between Environmental Triggers and Autoimmunity

Table 2

Infectious agents associated with thyroid autoimmunity.

Infection	Reference
Yersinia enterocolitica	Bech et al. 1978 [59]
Epstein-Barr virus	Shimon et al. 2003 [60]
Parvovirus	Mori et al. 2007 [61]
Hepatitis C	Fernandez-Soto et al. 1998 [62]
Mumps	Parmar et al. 2001 [63]
Rubella	Ziring et al. 1977 [64]
Coxsackievirus	Brouqui et al. 1991 [65]
HTLV-1	Kawai et al. 1992 [66]
Human herpes virus types 6 and 7	Leite et al. 2008 [67]