Review Article

Type I Diabetes Mellitus: Genetic Factors and Presumptive Enteroviral Etiology or Protection

Table 4

An overview of the viruses associated with T1D and their classification.

VirusesSpeciesGenusFamilyGenome

Human cytomegalovirusHuman cytomegalovirus Cytomegalovirus Herpesviridae dsDNA
Parvovirus B19Primate erythroparvovirus 1 Erythroparvovirus Parvoviridae ssDNA
Kilham rat virusRodent protoparvovirus 1 Protoparvovirus Parvoviridae ssDNA
RotavirusRotavirus A Rotavirus Reoviridae dsRNA
Rubella virus Rubella virus Rubivirus Togaviridae Positive ssRNA
Mumps virus Mumps virus Rubulavirus Paramyxoviridae Negative ssRNA
Human endogenous retrovirusā€‰ā€‰Retroviridae ssRNA
Encephalomyocarditis virus-KEncephalomyocarditis virus Cardiovirus Picornaviridae Positive ssRNA
ParechovirusHuman parechovirus Parechovirus Picornaviridae Positive ssRNA
EchovirusEnterovirus B Enterovirus Picornaviridae Positive ssRNA
CoxsackievirusEnterovirus B Enterovirus Picornaviridae Positive ssRNA